Parental mediation of children’s vision care and digital technology use in Taiwan
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2019.01.009
- VernacularTitle:台湾学童家长视力保健管教及其子女数码产品的使用
- Author:
ZHANG Fengqin, CHEN Zhengyou, QIU Qionghui, LIN Yiping, CHEN Zhenyu.
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Author Information
1. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Vision,low;
Health education;
Video games;
Internet;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2019;40(1):34-38
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:This study aims to explore factors associated with parental mediation of children’s vision care and digital technology use.
Methods:By using a probabilityproportionate sampling method, a total of 3 249 parents of junior primary school students completed the selfadministered questionnaire in second semester of 2018 from Taipei and Pingtung.
Results:Parents had moderate scores in children’s vision care beliefs, selfefficacy and parental mediation. Children spent an average of 7 hours on digital technology use per week. Multiple regression analysis results showed that parents who had intact family, not providing children with personal digital technology devices, spent less time in digital technology devices, and had higher levels of vision care beliefs, higher mediation efficacy, and more cues to action were more likely to have higher levels of vision care mediation behaviors. Whereas children who were at senior grades, low household income, from nonintact families, owned personal digital technology devices, whose parents spent more time using digital technology devices and implementing low levels of parental mediation were more likely to spend more time using digital technology devices.
Conclusion:Schools and communities could provide more parental training and parentchild colearning opportunities to enhance parental mediation of children’s vision care behavior and reduce excessive digital technology use.
