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.