Research Article

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 3

Descriptives and mean differences for parenting outcomes and parent well-being.

BaselineWeek 1Week 4Baseline vs. week 1Baseline vs. week 4
MeanSt. dev.MeanSt. dev.MeanSt. dev.Effect sizeEffect size

Parenting outcomes
 Parent-child relat. satisfaction4.63(0.70)4.76(0.58)4.73(0.61)-1.02.307.21-1.33.184.29
 Frequency of parent-child play4.73(0.82)4.92(0.73)4.76(0.72)-2.53.012.53-0.90.367.20
 Parent play competence5.00(0.97)5.26(0.77)5.37(0.71)-2.15.031.45-2.94.003.64
 Screen limit setting4.49(1.31)5.02(0.72)5.06(0.80)-2.93.003.61-2.42.016.53
Parent well-being
 Depression0.76(0.65)0.55(0.57)0.48(0.50)2.14.032.452.65.008.58
 Parenting stress3.00(1.71)3.06(1.39)2.90(1.60)-0.59.550.120.17.867.04