Beyond Screen Time: Understanding Child Development – New Curtin University research challenges views on screen time, revealing factors such as parental mental health and the type of screen being used may have some impact on child development. Led by Dr Amber Beynon and Dr Juliana Zabatiero from the Curtin School of Allied Health, the research looked at how children’s and parents’ use of various types of screens impacted infant development at 12 months of age and also considered factors such as parental mental health and socioeconomic status. Participants were from the longitudinal ORIGINS study, a collaboration between The Kids Research
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