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. 2024 Jul 17;15:1384424. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1384424

Table 1.

Correlations and descriptive statistics for all study variables.

Screen time tantrums M SD Min Max
Child age (months) −0.018 70.25 4.01 59 82
Caregivers’s education (years) −0.003 15.16 1.81 9 19
Number of siblings 0.055 0.99 0.78 0 5
Cognitive flexibility 0.024 20.27 2.77 10 24
Working memory 0.013 70.71 19.94 28 120
Inhibitory control −0.017 10.85 3.15 2 19
Family activities (mean score) −0.104* 3.75 1.21 1.00 7.00
Play behavior (mean score) −0.127** 3.02 0.37 1.75 4.00
My child loses interest in new toys literally the same day 0.145*** 1.81 0.81 1 4
My child prefers to play with a certain type of toys 0.128** 1.96 0.93 1 4
My child’s favorite toys change depending on current trends 0.125** 2.27 0.94 1 4
My child is emotionally attached to his/her toys −0.076 2.82 0.87 1 4
My child is not keen to play at all or prefers other activities −0.041 1.69 0.76 1 4
My child has a designated place to play at home −0.024 3.02 1.01 1 4
My child gets really involved in the play process 0.016 2.75 0.88 1 4
My child regularly plays with other children −0.039 3.40 0.75 1 4
My child cannot play alone even for 10 min 0.152*** 1.44 0.74 1 4
My child brings his/her toys to play in the kindergarten −0.001 3.15 0.92 1 4
My child pretends an object is something else in his/her play 0.045 2.66 1.01 1 4
My child likes to play with realistic toys −0.077 2.63 0.88 1 4
I enjoy participating in my child’s play −0.129** 2.58 0.76 1 4

(1) Activities mean score corresponded to the average frequency of three types of family activities (reading, singing, and drawing); (2) Play behavior mean score was calculated as an average score of 12 child’s play caregiver-reported characteristics; (3) *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.