Föräldrastil och skärmtid - En kvantitativ undersökning om sambandet mellan den auktoritära föräldrastilen och barns skärmtid
(2023) SOPB63 20231School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Introduction and method: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the authoritarian parenting style and children's screen time. The study included parents of children between the ages of 0-6 years (n=397). We used a quantitative analysis, and the parents were recruited during one week in April 2023 using parent groups on Facebook.
Results: Most children used TV, and the mean for children’s screen time was 1,51 h/day. The mean score on our authority index, scaling from 7 to 35, was 9,07. Significant positive correlations were found between screen time and the authoritarian parenting style, children's age and screen time, and children's age and the authoritarian parenting style. Screen time increased by... (More) - Introduction and method: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the authoritarian parenting style and children's screen time. The study included parents of children between the ages of 0-6 years (n=397). We used a quantitative analysis, and the parents were recruited during one week in April 2023 using parent groups on Facebook.
Results: Most children used TV, and the mean for children’s screen time was 1,51 h/day. The mean score on our authority index, scaling from 7 to 35, was 9,07. Significant positive correlations were found between screen time and the authoritarian parenting style, children's age and screen time, and children's age and the authoritarian parenting style. Screen time increased by approximately 9 min/day for every value on the authoritarian index. When we controlled for children's age the significance was lowered, so was the parenting style's impact on screen time, and the screen time increased by approximately 4 min/day instead of 9 min/day. Children's age and parenting style had little explanatory value, and the robustness check showed that correlations between screen time and parenting style were not robust.
Conclusion: The correlation between children's age and screen time, and the high use of TV, can be explained by children having greater access to TV as well as being able to use screens on their own as they age. Parents having a different parenting style, or rating themselves as less authoritarian than they are, might explain the low scores in the authoritarian index. The positive correlation between screen time and the authority index may be caused by low confidence in one's parenting ability, and that children of authoritarian parents have more behavior problems. Because of the low robustness, we have not been able to reject the null hypothesis. (Less)
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- author
- Niwong, Elsa LU and Wredmark, Stina LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Parenting style, authoritarian parenting style, childrens screentime
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9119810
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abstract = {{Introduction and method: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the authoritarian parenting style and children's screen time. The study included parents of children between the ages of 0-6 years (n=397). We used a quantitative analysis, and the parents were recruited during one week in April 2023 using parent groups on Facebook.
Results: Most children used TV, and the mean for children’s screen time was 1,51 h/day. The mean score on our authority index, scaling from 7 to 35, was 9,07. Significant positive correlations were found between screen time and the authoritarian parenting style, children's age and screen time, and children's age and the authoritarian parenting style. Screen time increased by approximately 9 min/day for every value on the authoritarian index. When we controlled for children's age the significance was lowered, so was the parenting style's impact on screen time, and the screen time increased by approximately 4 min/day instead of 9 min/day. Children's age and parenting style had little explanatory value, and the robustness check showed that correlations between screen time and parenting style were not robust.
Conclusion: The correlation between children's age and screen time, and the high use of TV, can be explained by children having greater access to TV as well as being able to use screens on their own as they age. Parents having a different parenting style, or rating themselves as less authoritarian than they are, might explain the low scores in the authoritarian index. The positive correlation between screen time and the authority index may be caused by low confidence in one's parenting ability, and that children of authoritarian parents have more behavior problems. Because of the low robustness, we have not been able to reject the null hypothesis.}},
author = {{Niwong, Elsa and Wredmark, Stina}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Föräldrastil och skärmtid - En kvantitativ undersökning om sambandet mellan den auktoritära föräldrastilen och barns skärmtid}},
year = {{2023}},
}