Pilot Study of a Screen-Free Week: Exploration of Changes in Parent and Child Screen Time, Parent Well-Being and Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relationship Quality

Table 1

Descriptives in hours and mean differences for child and parent screen use.

	Baseline		Week 1		Week 4		Baseline vs. week 1			Baseline vs. week 4
	Mean	St. dev.	Mean	St. dev.	Mean	St. dev.			Effect size			Effect size
Child screen use hours	3.28	(3.85)	1.60	(2.50)	2.19	(3.09)	3.06	.002	.64	1.66	.098	.36
Watch TV, videos, and movies	1.46	(1.32)	0.74	(0.96)	0.93	(1.01)	3.06	.002	.64	2.16	.031	.47
Play games on a device	0.58	(0.83)	0.18	(0.35)	0.31	(0.62)	2.67	.008	.56	1.54	.123	.34
Look at photos on a device	0.52	(0.85)	0.26	(0.68)	0.34	(0.75)	2.14	.032	.45	1.18	.238	.26
Read on a device	0.19	(0.43)	0.11	(0.24)	0.11	(0.35)	0.81	.416	.17	0.94	.345	.21
Video chat with family/friends	0.53	(0.94)	0.33	(0.65)	0.48	(0.75)	1.61	.107	.34	0.42	.673	.09
Parent screen use hours	8.23	(5.95)	5.68	(4.21)	6.01	(4.78)	2.23	.026	.46	1.89	.058	.41
Watch shows or videos on TV	1.80	(1.57)	1.21	(1.34)	1.31	(1.49)	2.32	.021	.49	1.78	.075	.39
Watch shows or videos on phone	0.83	(1.06)	0.37	(0.58)	0.52	(0.93)	2.50	.012	.52	1.89	.059	.41
Play games on phone	0.63	(1.14)	0.47	(0.91)	0.51	(1.05)	0.97	.333	.20	0.68	.498	.15
Use social networking sites	1.95	(1.59)	1.66	(1.19)	1.34	(1.05)	1.12	.263	.23	1.71	.087	.37
Text on phone	1.85	(1.63)	1.28	(1.25)	1.29	(1.43)	1.68	.092	.35	1.79	.073	.39
Make calls on phone	1.18	(1.26)	0.68	(0.69)	1.03	(0.89)	2.37	.018	.49	0.91	.362	.20