Preschoolers spend much time with digital media and some are concerned about impacts on language development. Private speech (PS) is self-talk children use during play, representing a necessary form of self-regulation. This study examined whether modality (material vs. digital) matters for children's PS. Twenty-nine White 5-yr-olds (52% female) completed the Tower of London task twice - once as a material version and once on a tablet. Children used more PS on the material than digital version of the task (d=0.46). During the material task, the typical pattern of increased PS as difficulty increased appeared. However, during the digital task, PS declined as difficulty increased. Digital games may inhibit children's use of PS for self-regulation, having implications for executive function development.
Digital media inhibit self-regulatory private speech use in preschool children: The “digital bubble effect” / Bochicchio, V.; Keith, K.; Montero, I.; Scandurra, C.; Winsler, A.. - In: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 0885-2014. - 62:(2022), p. 101180. [10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101180]
Digital media inhibit self-regulatory private speech use in preschool children: The “digital bubble effect”
Scandurra C.;
2022
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Preschoolers spend much time with digital media and some are concerned about impacts on language development. Private speech (PS) is self-talk children use during play, representing a necessary form of self-regulation. This study examined whether modality (material vs. digital) matters for children's PS. Twenty-nine White 5-yr-olds (52% female) completed the Tower of London task twice - once as a material version and once on a tablet. Children used more PS on the material than digital version of the task (d=0.46). During the material task, the typical pattern of increased PS as difficulty increased appeared. However, during the digital task, PS declined as difficulty increased. Digital games may inhibit children's use of PS for self-regulation, having implications for executive function development.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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