Table 4.

Regressions predicting executive function from background TV exposure during different activities and cumulative risk status, split by age.

Variable	Preschoolers (N = 789)						School age (N = 391)
	ΔR2	B	SE	β	95th%		ΔR2	B	SE	β	95th%
					Low	High					Low	High
Primary task during background TV (h)	0.089***						0.076*
Socializing with family (SOC)		−0.60	0.68	−0.03	−1.93	0.73		1.63*	0.77	0.08	0.12	3.13
Playing by self (SELF)		0.94*	0.40	0.15	0.16	1.72		−0.02	0.73	−0.02	−1.45	1.42
Playing with others (OTR)		0.63	1.39	0.04	−2.10	3.36		−1.11	0.63	−0.06	−2.35	0.13
Academic/enrichment (ACAD)		−0.96	0.90	−0.04	−2.73	0.80		2.47	1.31	0.11	−0.89	5.03
Routines/chores (ROUT)		−1.05*	0.48	−0.11	−2.00	−0.11		0.17	0.57	0.02	−0.96	1.30
Eating/drinking (EAT)		1.61	0.85	0.11	−0.06	3.29		−2.65*	1.15	−0.13	−4.90	−0.40
Sleeping (SLEEP)		0.43	0.24	0.13	−0.04	0.89		1.02***	0.32	0.32	0.41	1.64
Demographics	0.028**						0.091***
Cumulative risk		1.20**	0.42	0.17	0.34	2.13		1.97**	0.64	0.32	0.72	3.23
Interactions							0.060***
RISK × SOC		—						−1.87**	0.64	−0.10	−3.14	−0.61
RISK × SELF		—						0.002	0.26	0.001	−0.50	0.50
RISK × OTR		—						−0.39	0.82	−0.03	−1.99	1.20
RISK × ACAD		—						−3.07***	0.82	−0.27	−4.68	−1.45
RISK × ROUT		—						−0.39	0.45	−0.07	−1.27	0.49
RISK × EAT		—						1.52	1.01	0.18	−0.46	3.50
RISK × SLEEP		—						−0.07	0.16	−0.06	−0.39	0.25
Total R2	0.117***						0.227***

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.