Tablet Use in Young Children is Associated with Advanced Fine Motor Skills

Pablo Hidelbrando S Souto; Juliana Nunes Santos; Hércules Ribeiro Leite; Mijna Hadders-Algra; Sabrina Conceição Guedes; Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre; Lívia Rodrigues Santos; Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais

doi:10.1080/00222895.2019.1602505

Tablet Use in Young Children is Associated with Advanced Fine Motor Skills

Pablo Hidelbrando S Souto, Juliana Nunes Santos, Hércules Ribeiro Leite, Mijna Hadders-Algra, Sabrina Conceição Guedes, Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre, Lívia Rodrigues Santos, Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais^*

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To evaluate whether frequent interactive tablet-use at preschool age is associated with improved fine motor skills and to describe tablet-use in young children. Cross-sectional study with 78 children, aged 24-42 months: group 1 with previous frequent tablet-use exposure (n = 26), group 2 without previous tablet-use exposure (n = 52). Fine motor skills were evaluated with the Bayley-III. Socioeconomic data and home environment quality were similar in both groups. Fine motor skills of group 1 were better than those of group 2 (p = 0.013). Most participating children carried out passive and active tablet activities, usually accompanied by parents, not exceeding time recommendations for young age. We observed a difference in fine motor skills in young children slightly favoring those with tablet-use experience.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	196-203
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Motor Behavior
Volume	52
Issue number	2
Early online date	22-Apr-2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2019.1602505
Publication status	Published - 3-Mar-2020

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