ABSTRACT
This paper adopts the ‘Child Well-Being Study in Greater Taipei’ to examine factors associated with children’s screen use. This Study was conducted in 2017 and 2018 with 6,480 caregivers of primary school aged children. The hierarchical regression analysis shows that parent–child interaction and parents’ working time schedules are associated with children’s screen use. Based on the findings, this paper suggests that governments and social workers could provide courses and activities to promote parent–child interaction, encourage the implementation of flexible working time arrangements and offer childcare support for parents working atypical hours to reduce children’s excessive screen use.
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The author would like to thank Professor Joyce Yen Feng, Professor Wen-Jui Han and members of National Taiwan University Children and Family Research Center for providing funding, support and advices for this research.
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The data that support the findings of this research are available from National Taiwan University Children and Family Research Center. Restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for this research. Data are available at https://cfrc.ntu.edu.tw/index.php?lang=en with the permission of National Taiwan University Children and Family Research Center.
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Pei-Yuen Tsai
Pei-Yuen Tsai is an associate professor at Graduate Institute of Social Work, National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His research focuses on work-family balance, child and family policies and poverty in Taiwan and East Asia.