Table 2.
Negative impact of media use before and during the lockdown
| Before Corona (T1) | Lockdown (T2) compared to T1 | Last 2 weeks (T3) compared to T2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative impact of child’s media use on… | Not true | Slightly true | Quite true | Absolutely true | Worse | Better | Better | Worse |
| …family life | 20% | 49% | 27.0% | 5% | 29% | 8.2% | 23% | 7% |
| …homework and academic achievements | 34% | 42% | 20% | 4% | 26% | 9% | 18% | 8% |
| …friendships and social activities in real life | 52% | 33% | 14% | 2% | 23% | 5% | 18% | 6% |
| …mental well-being and mental health (e.g., mood) | 36% | 48% | 14% | 1% | 18% | 6% | 14% | 6% |
| …physical well-being and health (e.g., sleep) | 45% | 36% | 18% | 2% | 23.6 | 7.0% | 14.9% | 6.5% |
| Before Corona (T1) | Lockdown (T2) compared to T1 | Last 2 weeks (T3) compared to T2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I am concerned because my child … | Not true | Slightly true | Quite true | Absolutely true | Concern | Concern | ||
| More | Less | More | Less | |||||
| …becomes aggressive/very angry when media use is restricted | 23% | 31% | 32% | 14% | 19% | 6% | 5% | 16% |
| …secretly spends more time with media than agreed upona | 32% | 29% | 24% | 10% | 28% | 7% | 5% | 19% |
aNot applicable/no agreement was made between parents and child: 6%