Review Article
Associations of Parental Influences with Physical Activity and Screen Time among Young Children: A Systematic Review
Table 6
Papers reporting an association between parental influences and children’s screen time.
| Parent influences | Association with children’s screen time | Positive | Negative | No association |
| Parenting practices | | | | (1) Setting TV rules | | 47 | | TV time rules | 45 | 33, 34, 35, 48 | 38, 43 | TV program rules | 48 | 43 | | (2) Coviewing TV with child | 35, 48 | | | (3) Monitoring child screen time | | | 45 | (4) Meals with TV on | 34, 43 | | | (5) Stimulation to be active | | 45 | | Parent role modelling (Parent screen time) | 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44 | | | Parent perception | | | | (1) Perception that children spend too much screen time | 33, 38 | | | (2) Parent perception TV helps | 37, 43 | | | (3) Parent perception TV hurts | | 48 | 43 | Parental self-efficacy in reducing child screen time | | 36, 37, 38, 46 | | Parenting style (authoritative) | | 41 | |
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