Impact of Excessive Screen-Based Media Use on Early Childhood Development: A Short Review
Journal Title: Yaşam Becerileri Psikoloji Dergisi - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Over the recent years, a significant increase has been observed in screen based media use among different age groups. Unregulated and excessive use of technological instruments such as smart phones, tablets or computers also leads to a number of health problems. Vision problems induced by the use of technological instruments among youth and children are gradually increasing in several countries across Europe. When we examine Eastern Asian countries, we see that the prevalence is much higher. A study based in Taiwan discovered that 84% of children have vision disorders. Apart from this, excessive screen based media use is known to cause other problems during early childhood period at various ages including attention deficit, sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, academic inadequacy and linguistic development disorders. Unregulated and excessive screen based media use demonstrates an incline with an increasing acceleration every day. The objective of this brief evaluation article is to investigate the problem in its current state in general, to highlight brain plasticity during the early childhood period, and to open the effects of excessive screen based media use particularly on linguistic development to discussion in light of current studies.
Authors and Affiliations
Yunus PINAR, Fatma UNAL, Nihal KUBILAY PINAR
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP449810
- DOI 10.31461/ybpd.476289
- Views 74
- Downloads 0
The Role of Parental Monitoring on Problematic Internet Use Among Adolescents
Present study aimed to examine the relative role of time spent on the internet, parents’ educational background and parental mobile phone and computer monitoring behaviors on problematic internet use among adolescents. P...
A Research on the Opinions Related to the Personality Traits and Affect-States of Psychological Counselor Candidates through “Draw a Picture of Cactus Test"
“Draw a Picture of Cactus Test” is among the reflective tests; and can contribute to knowledge acquisition about both children and adults’ inner world, personality traits and affect-state. In this research, it is aimed t...
Illness Experience and Group Process in Patients with Eating Disorders: A Qualitative Study
The aim of this study is to understand the illness experience and describe the common themes in the group process with a qualitative research method. Four women with an eating disorder diagnosis from the Eating Disorders...
Family Therapys with The Method of Film Analyses: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Family therapy deals with the process of a family and the communication of the members with each other. Today there are many family therapy approaches and each has different kind of the techniques. In spite of the fact t...
Richard Gross: Understanding Grief
Her insan yaşamın doğal akışın içinde bir çok kayıp tehdidi ve kayıpla karşılaşmaktadır. Kayıp sadece ölüm olarak düşünülmemektedir. Sevilen birinin kaybı, yakın bir ilişkinin sona ermesi, organ kaybı, iş kaybı ve vatan/...