Tracking of maternal self-efficacy for limiting young children’s television viewing and associations with children’s television viewing time: a longitudinal analysis over 15-months

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Karen J. Campbell¹  Jo Salmon¹  Jill A Hnatiuk¹  Nicola D. Ridgers¹  Kylie D. Hesketh¹ 

[1] Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, 3125, Burwood, VIC, Australia;

关键词: Television;    Infant;    Toddler;    Maternal behaviour;    Tracking;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-1858-3

 received in 2015-02-16, accepted in 2015-05-21,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMothers’ self-efficacy for limiting their children’s television viewing is an important correlate of this behaviour in young children. However, no studies have examined how maternal self-efficacy changes over time, which is potentially important during periods of rapid child development. This study examined tracking of maternal self-efficacy for limiting young children’s television viewing over 15-months and associations with children’s television viewing time.MethodsIn 2008 and 2010, mothers (n = 404) from the Melbourne InFANT Program self-reported their self-efficacy for limiting their child’s television viewing at 4- and 19-months of age. Tertiles of self-efficacy were created at each time and categorised into: persistently high, persistently low, increasing or decreasing self-efficacy. Weighted kappa and multinomial logistic regression examined tracking and demographic and behavioural predictors of change in self-efficacy. A linear regression model examined associations between tracking categories and children’s television viewing time.ResultsTracking of maternal self-efficacy for limiting children’s television viewing was low (kappa = 0.23, p < 0.001). Mothers who had persistently high or increasing self-efficacy had children with lower television viewing time at 19-months (β = −35.5; 95 % CI = −54.4,-16.6 and β = 37.0; 95 % CI = −54.4,-19.7, respectively). Mothers of children with difficult temperaments were less likely to have persistently high self-efficacy. Mothers who met adult physical activity guidelines had 2.5 greater odds of increasing self-efficacy.ConclusionsInterventions to increase and maintain maternal self-efficacy for limiting children’s television viewing time may result in lower rates of this behaviour amongst toddlers. Maternal and child characteristics may need to be considered when tailoring interventions.

【 授权许可】

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