Parental Representations of the Impact of the Use of Screens on Their Preschool Children Health and Development. (ECRENFANT)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parenting

Treatments: Behavioral: parental representations

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03308422

RNI2016/ECRENFANT-STEYER/YB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the distribution of parental representations concerning the use of screens by preschool children, expressed in qualitative surveys: perceptions of screens as a source of learning, a source of appeasement, a source of behavioral difficulties and a source of reduction in the social interactions of young children.

The hypothesis of this study was the representations expressed in the qualitative studies were the reflection of the opinion of a majority of parents of young children.

Enrollment: 1,096 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• parents of 2-6-years-old preschool children

Exclusion criteria

• Minor parents

Trial design

1,096 participants in 1 patient group

Parents of 2-6-years-old children

Description:

Parents of preschool children in Nancy agglomeration

Treatment:

Behavioral: parental representations