title: Work memory development dynamics in children aged 5 to 7 in a period of social isolation: The role of screen time and the number of children in the family
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metadata.value: Gavrilova, Margarita N.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Chichinina, Elena A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-10-16T12:45:56Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-10-16T12:45:56Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Gavrilova M. N., Chichinina E. A. Work memory development dynamics in children aged 5 to 7 in a period of social isolation: The role of screen time and the number of children in the family. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology, 2023, vol. 13, issue 3, pp. 396–410. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu16.2023.307 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu16.2023.307
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44262
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Reduced growth rates of working memory in pre-school children during periods of social
  isolation have previously been documented. However, the question of whether and how long
  it takes children to compensate for these deficits has remained open. The present study examined
  the longitudinal dynamics of verbal and visual working memory development in children
  between the age of 5 and 7 inclusive, taking into account home environment factors
  such as the duration of screen time during the pandemic and the number of children in the
  family. Screen time during social isolation was reported to range from 2 to 44 hours per week.
  The general pattern of development of verbal and visual working memory during this period
  was a natural increase, independent of screen time and number of children in the family.
  However, as the screen time increased, both the actual level of development of verbal working
  memory at each diagnostic cut-off and the rate of its development as the child grew older
  decreased. The most pronounced negative impact on verbal working memory development
  from extended screen time was reported among only children in the family. Continued use of
  digital devices led not just to a slower rate of development of verbal working memory, but to a
  temporary regression of it. Children in this part of the sample were able to compensate for the
  regression in verbal working memory development and catch up with their peers only after
  returning to a systematic educational process in resumed kindergartens.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This work was supported by the grant of the President of the Russian Federation for state support of
  young Russian scientists MК-1953.2022.2.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Psychology;Volume 13; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: developmental psychology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cultural-historical approach
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: verbal working memory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: visual working memory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: screen time
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: siblings
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: social isolation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Work memory development dynamics in children aged 5 to 7 in a period of social isolation: The role of screen time and the number of children in the family
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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