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. 2023 Jun;54(3):815-825.
doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01281-9. Epub 2021 Dec 2.

Media Awareness and Screen Time Reduction in Children, Youth or Families: A Systematic Literature Review

Hanno Krafft  1 , Katja Boehm  1 , Silke Schwarz  1 , Michael Eichinger  2 , Arndt Büssing  1 , David Martin  3   4
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Media Awareness and Screen Time Reduction in Children, Youth or Families: A Systematic Literature Review

Hanno Krafft et al. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

Excessive use of screen media is a global public health issue and especially extensive screen exposure during very early childhood. This review was conducted in order to update previous reviews on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce screen time. An electronic literature search was carried out in MEDLINE, COCHRANE LIBRARY and CINAHL for articles indexed from June 2011 until October 2019. The search identified 933 publications of which 11 publications were included in this review. There are studies showing interventions with a positive influence on reduction of screen time and the participants' awareness and behavior concerning the use of screen media, as well as studies without such effects. No intervention was identified to be superior. This warrants further investigation of potentially effective combinations of intervention components and long-term follow-up.

Keywords: Child; Digital media; Intervention; Review; Screen time.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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