Mothers’ Perception and Parenting Style regarding Effect of Cartoon Movies on Preschool Children

Document Type : Scientific peer reviewed journal

Authors

1 Nursing Specialist in Shebin-Elkom Fever Hospital, Egypt

2 Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha university, Egypt

Abstract

 Background: Cartoons are one of the daily habits of children, that has positive and negative
effects on the health of children.
Aim: Was to assess mothersperception and parenting style
regarding effect of cartoon movies on preschool children.
Research design: A descriptive research
design was utilized to conduct this study.
Setting: The study was carried out at 10 nursery schools
in Baha City.
Sample: Simple random sample was used in this study. Tools: It include three tools
were used,
tool (I) An interviewing questionnaire was used, a):to assess child characteristics, b):
sociodemographic characteristics of studied mothers
, c): health problems of studied children, d):
methods used to prevent negative effects of cartoon movies, e): mothers’ knowledge regarding
cartoon influence on their children
. Tool (II): Likert scale to assess mothers’ attitude regarding
effects of cartoon on children,
Tool (III): Likert scale to assess parenting style. Results: 50.8 % of
studied children aged from 4 to less than 5 years and 51.3%of them were male. While 48%of
studied mothers aged from 20 to less than 30 years and 57.3% of them had university education,
also 48 % of them had average knowledge regarding effect of cartoon movies on their children. In
addition, 66.3% of them had positive attitude regarding effects of cartoon movies and 45.3% of
them were using autocratic parenting style.
Conclusion: There was no statistically significant
relation between mother’s parenting style and their total knowledge.
Recommendation:
Developing educational health program for all mothers to improve their knowledge, attitude, and
their practices toward effects of cartoon movies on their children.
 

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