International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 2 Correlation of screen time in gender dyads of parents and adolescents

From: Adolescents’ prospective screen time by gender and parental education, the mediation of parental influences

Adolescents		Mothers (T0)			Fathers (T0)
			TV/DVD	PC/game		TV/DVD	PC/game
Measure	Timepoint	n	Pearson r	Pearson r	n	Pearson r	Pearson r
TV/DVD (hours/week)
Boys	Age 11 (T0)	366	0.20***		319	0.15**
	Age 13 (T2)	369	0.25***		323	0.14*
Girls	Age 11 (T0)	361	0.18***		304	0.19**
	Age 13 (T2)	364	0.22***		307	0.30***
PC/game (hours/week)
Boys	Age 11 (T0)	362		0.15**	318		0.08
	Age 13 (T2)	367		0.10	321		0.05
Girls	Age 11 (T0)	359		0.09	302		0.12*
	Age 13 (T2)	363		0.08	307		0.10

T0: baseline, T2: 20 months follow-up.
Statistical significance at ^*p<0.05 ^**p<0.01 ^***p<0.001.

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