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Screen Use Before Bedtime: Consequences for Nighttime Sleep in Young Children
An observational study connects screen use before bed and during bedtime routines with actigraphic and parent-reported sleep outcomes.
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- Population Children assessed at 30 months of age and their parents; ages 30 months; United States-based study; the public abstract does not identify the recruitment region.
- Methodology Observational measures of screen use during the hour before bed, parent reports of bedtime-routine screen use, actigraphy, and parent-reported sleep problems.
- Fieldwork Thirty-month assessment wave; calendar fieldwork dates are not reported in the public abstract
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Limitations The observational associations do not establish causality, the public abstract omits recruitment and sample-size detail, and toddlers do not represent older Gen Alpha children.
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Among 30-month-olds, greater screen use before bedtime or during the nightly bedtime routine was associated with more sleep problems; more frequent routine use was also associated with later, shorter, and more variable sleep by actigraphy.
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Scope Children assessed at 30 months of age and their parents; 30 months; United States-based study; the public abstract does not identify the recruitment region; Thirty-month assessment wave; calendar fieldwork dates are not reported in the public abstract.
Limitations The observational associations do not establish causality, the public abstract omits recruitment and sample-size detail, and toddlers do not represent older Gen Alpha children.
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