Young children who spend large amounts of time on mobile screens are more likely to have problems sleeping and managing their emotions and behaviour, a new Australian study has confirmed. PhD researcher Sumudu Mallawaarachchi and Dr Sharon Horwood .
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Young children who spend large amounts of time on mobile screens are more likely to have problems sleeping and managing their emotions and behaviour, a new Australian study has confirmed.
PhD researcher Sumudu Mallawaarachchi and Dr Sharon Horwood from Deakin Universityâs School of Psychology found that the more time toddlers and pre-schoolers spend on smartphones and iPads, the greater risk of negative impacts on their social, emotional, and cognitive development and sleep quality and quantity.
Ms Mallawaarachchi said the results of their recent study reveal the harms caused by prolonged use of mobile screens is likely to outweigh any perceived benefits for toddlers and pre-schoolers.
Press Release – STANZ Young children who spend large amounts of time on mobile screens are more likely to have problems sleeping and managing their emotions and behaviour, a new Australian study has confirmed. PhD researcher Sumudu Mallawaarachchi and Dr Sharon Horwood …
Young children who spend large amounts of time on mobile screens are more likely to have problems sleeping and managing their emotions and behaviour, a new Australian study has confirmed.
PhD researcher Sumudu Mallawaarachchi and Dr Sharon Horwood from Deakin University’s School of Psychology found that the more time toddlers and pre-schoolers spend on smartphones and iPads, the greater risk of negative impacts on their social, emotional, and cognitive development and sleep quality and quantity.
In SBS On Demand’s interactive documentary
Are You Addicted to Technology?, you can discover exactly how much a slave you are to your screens based on the largest ever interactive survey of everyday Australians.
The show has a blunt message for parents: from cyberbullying to declining literacy and attention spans to decreasing levels of empathy, sleep issues and depression and anxiety, our children’s brains are being rewired by the insidious spread of technology into their every waking moment.
The ubiquity of smart phones is almost at saturation point, says Dr Sharon Horwood, a lecturer in Deakin University’s School of Psychology, who helped developed the interactive survey used in the show to measure use of technology and levels of screen dependence.