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Published in final edited form as: Acta Paediatr. 2022 Mar 9;111(7):1383–1389. doi: 10.1111/apa.16314

Table 3:

Multivariable associations between BRIEF-P Indices and GEC T-scores and mobile device use variables

	Likely to use mobile device to calm aOR^a (95% CI)	Use educational apps aOR^a (95% CI)	Use streaming video apps aOR^a (95% CI)	Use age-inappropriate apps aOR^a (95% CI)	Have own mobile device aOR^a (95% CI)	Use of mobile device >=1 hour/day aOR^a (95% CI)
BRIEF-P ISCI T-score (1-SD increase)	1.24 (0.97, 1.57) ^t	1.19 (0.96, 1.48)	1.12 (0.89, 1.42)	1.20 (0.95, 1.52)	1.15 (0.92, 1.44)	1.35 (0.94, 1.95)
BRIEF-P FI T-score (1-SD increase)	1.21 (0.95, 1.53)	1.06 (0.85, 1.32)	1.14 (0.91, 1.43)	1.14 (0.91, 1.44)	1.19 (0.95, 1.48)	1.30 (0.91, 1.87)
BRIEF-P EMI T-score (1-SD increase)	1.29 (1.01, 1.65) ^*	1.36 (1.09, 1.70) ^*	1.22 (0.97, 1.54) ^t	1.08 (0.85, 1.37)	1.15 (0.91, 1.44)	1.18 (0.81, 1.73)
BRIEF-P GEC T-score (1-SD increase)	1.29 (1.01, 1.65) ^*	1.26 (1.00, 1.57) ^*	1.17 (0.93, 1.47)	1.14 (0.89, 1.44)	1.17 (0.94, 1.47)	1.24 (0.86, 1.80)

Adjusted for child age, parent education, child sex, marital status

p <.10

p <. .05

Abbreviations: ISCI = Inhibitory Self-control Index; FI = Flexibility Index; EMI = Emergent Metacognition Index; GEC = General Executive Composite; SD = standard deviation, aOR = adjusted odds ratio