ABSTRACT

This narrative literature review examines the relationship between media use and young children's self-regulation. Through a literature search of PsycINFO, and a subsequent manual search, authors identified 16 peer-reviewed articles published since 2010 that explored how child and parent television viewing and cell phone use are linked to children's self-regulatory skills. Syntheses of available evidence indicated three pathways that narrate the growing body of research on the relationship between media use and children's self-regulation: (a) children's media use had a direct and bidirectional relationship with self-regulatory skills, (b) children's media use was linked to self-regulation through interactions with parents and caregivers, and (c) parental media use was linked to children's self-regulation through child–parent interactions. Authors discuss policy, practice, and future research implications for early childhood professionals and parent educators, with an emphasis on the timeliness of this review in context of the current global health crisis.

摘要

这篇叙事性文献综述考察了媒体使用与幼儿自我调节之间的关系。通过 PsycINFO 的文献检索和随后的手动检索，作者确定了自 2010 年以来发表的 16 篇同行评审文章，这些文章探讨了儿童和父母观看电视和使用手机如何与儿童的自我调节技能相关联。对现有证据的综合表明，三种途径说明了关于媒体使用与儿童自我调节之间关系的研究越来越多：(a) 儿童媒体使用与自我调节技能有直接和双向的关系，(b) 儿童媒体使用通过与父母和照顾者的互动与自我调节相关联，并且 (c) 父母媒体的使用与儿童的 通过孩子与父母的互动进行自我调节。作者讨论了政策、实践和未来研究对幼儿专业人士和家长教育者的影响，重点强调了在当前全球健康危机的背景下本次审查的及时性。