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 2
Descriptives and mean differences for parent phone use and phone use difficulties around their child.
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
Frequency of phone use around child
3.17
(1.03)
2.52
(0.99)
2.48
(0.75)
3.22
.001
.67
2.96
.003
.65
Phone beliefs (e.g., use makes parents miss important parenting moments)
4.20
(1.48)
4.48
(1.20)
4.31
(1.46)
-1.21
.227
.25
-0.14
.887
.03
Struggles with control/cognitions around phone use while around child
