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İrem Akova1, Elif Nur Duman1, Şeyma Güneş Bal1
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Türkiye.
Abstract:
The aim was to reveal the prevalence of problematic media use in children and investigate its relationship with parental reading beliefs and smartphone addiction. It was conducted with 390 parents of children aged 4-6. Problematic Media Use Measure-Short Form (PMUM-SF), Parent Reading Belief Inventory (PRBI) and Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) were used. Of the children, 15.4% had high levels of problematic media use. Of the parents, 14.9% had a high belief in reading, and 6.7% had a high risk of smartphone addiction. The important indicators of the child's problematic media use were the child's use of a screen alone and his/her reaction by crying when screen use was not allowed. While the child's problematic media use was positively related to parental smartphone addiction, it was negatively related, although not statistically significant, to the parent's reading belief.
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