Associations between Parents’ Digital Media Habits, Engagement, Awareness, and Movement Guidelines among Preschool-Age Children: International Ipreschooler Surveillance Study

Hongzhi Guo, Jiameng Ma (), Terence Buan Kiong Chua, Lee Yong Tay, Michael Yong Hwa Chia () and Hyunshik Kim ()
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Hongzhi Guo: Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa 169-8050, Japan
Jiameng Ma: Faculty of Sports Science, Sendai University, Shibata 989-1693, Japan
Terence Buan Kiong Chua: National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637616, Singapore
Lee Yong Tay: National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637616, Singapore
Michael Yong Hwa Chia: National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637616, Singapore
Hyunshik Kim: Faculty of Sports Science, Sendai University, Shibata 989-1693, Japan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: The 24-hour movement guidelines (24-h MG) recommend behaviors (physical activity, screen time, sleep) to aid appropriate physical and mental development in early childhood. This research examined parents’ digital media habits (DMH), engagement (DME), and awareness (DMA) among parents in relation to their preschool-aged children’s 24-h MG in Japan and identified and compared the modifiable determinants of adherence to 24-h MG in urban and rural regions. This cross-sectional study included 867 participants and data were obtained from the International Ipreschooler Surveillance Study Among Asians and OtheRs (IISSAAR). The results revealed that adherence to weekend screen time recommendations and weekday sleep duration were higher in the urban region. The parents’ digital media variables that predicted moderate-intensity to vigorous-intensity physical activity among preschool-aged children were parents’ DME and DMA in the urban regions and parents’ DME in the rural regions. The children’s screen time was significantly associated with parents’ DMH, DME, and DMA in the urban regions and with parents’ DMH and DMA in the rural regions ( p < 0.005, p < 0.001, respectively). This study confirmed that parents’ DMH, DME, and DMA are strong predictors of adherence to 24-h MG among preschool-aged children living in both rural and urban regions in Japan.

Keywords: preschool children; digital media variables; physical activity; screen time; sleep duration; 24-h movement guidelines; IISSAAR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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