OBJECTIVE: Examine if home environmental factors are associated with screen-viewing. METHODS: Data are for 2670, 3rd and 9th grade participants in Denmark, Portugal, Estonia and Norway collected between 1997 and 2000. Outcomes were spending >2 h after-school watching television (TV) and >1 h per day playing computer games. Child Autonomy and the home TV Environment were exposures. RESULTS: Each unit increase in Child Autonomy was associated with 9% increase in risk of watching more than 2 h of TV per day after school and a 19% increase in risk of spending more than an hour per day playing computer games. TV Environment was associated with a 31% per unit increase in risk of watching >2 h of TV after school and 11% increase in risk of spending >1 h playing computer games. CONCLUSIONS: A family environment in which after-school TV viewing is part of the home culture and homes where children have more autonomy over their own behavior are associated with an increased risk of watching >2 h of TV per day after school and spending more >1 h per day playing computer games. The home screen-viewing environment and Child Autonomy may be malleable targets for changing screen-viewing.
OBJECTIVE: Examine if home environmental factors are associated with screen-viewing. METHODS: Data are for 2670, 3rd and 9th grade participants in Denmark, Portugal, Estonia and Norway collected between 1997 and 2000. Outcomes were spending >2 h after-school watching television (TV) and >1 h per day playing computer games. Child Autonomy and the home TV Environment were exposures. RESULTS: Each unit increase in Child Autonomy was associated with 9% increase in risk of watching more than 2 h of TV per day after school and a 19% increase in risk of spending more than an hour per day playing computer games. TV Environment was associated with a 31% per unit increase in risk of watching >2 h of TV after school and 11% increase in risk of spending >1 h playing computer games. CONCLUSIONS: A family environment in which after-school TV viewing is part of the home culture and homes where children have more autonomy over their own behavior are associated with an increased risk of watching >2 h of TV per day after school and spending more >1 h per day playing computer games. The home screen-viewing environment and Child Autonomy may be malleable targets for changing screen-viewing.
Authors: Daheia J Barr-Anderson; Jayne A Fulkerson; Mary Smyth; John H Himes; Peter J Hannan; Bonnie Holy Rock; Mary Story Journal: Prev Chronic Dis Date: 2011-08-15 Impact factor: 2.830
Authors: Russell Jago; Simon J Sebire; Patricia J Lucas; Katrina M Turner; Georgina F Bentley; Joanna K Goodred; Sarah Stewart-Brown; Kenneth R Fox Journal: BMJ Open Date: 2013-04-24 Impact factor: 2.692