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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Media. 2023 Mar 13;17(2):246–265. doi: 10.1080/17482798.2023.2187853

Table 1.

Descriptive and Correlational Statistics of Study Variables

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1. Increased financial strain
2. Stress .26***
3. Anxiety/depression .25*** .58***
4. Overload .03 .42*** .49***
5. Interparental conflict .06 .19** .19** .23***
6. Co-parenting problems .05 .19** .20** .31*** .43***
7. TV as background noise −.01 .16** .07 .16* .18** .21**
8. Screens as behavior management .07 .16* .12 .18** .16* .25*** .41***
9. Total unsupervised screen hours −.03 .11 .18** .10 .17* .15* .38*** .37***
10. Increased child prob behaviors .08 .29*** .27*** .31*** .23*** .12 .29*** .18** .17*
11. Parent education −.23*** .06 .01 .23*** −.04 −.06 .06 −.12 .00 .08
12. Family income −.18** −.01 −.16* .03 .00 −.06 −.02 −.15* −.20** .05 .18**
13. Child age (in months) .05 .10 .05 .05 .10 .01 .09 .13* .14* .06 .02 −.03
Mean 1.26 .70 .64 2.63 1.38 1.49 1.48 1.07 .79 1.20 3.21 39.65 33.00
SD 1.19 .72 .59 .92 .54 1.19 1.01 .75 .82 1.37 1.34 25.64 6.36
Range 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–5 1–4 0–6 0–4 0–4 0–6 0–4 1–5 0–130 20–47
Reliability .74a .62b .73b .83b .78b .71b .68b .72b .75a

Note.

*

p<.05.

**

p<.01.

***

p<.001.

a

Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 (KR-20) estimates reliability of scales that used binary items.

b

Cronbach’s alpha estimates reliability scales that used continuous items.