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Table 1 Mean scores of mothers’ and fathers’ media parenting practices and their Cronbach’s α values

From: Mothers’ and fathers’ media parenting practices associated with young children’s screen-time: a cross-sectional study

Parenting Practice

Mother Mean (SD)

Father Mean (SD)

Cronbach’s α Mother

Cronbach’s α Father

Screen Time Modeling

2.68 (0.59)

2.55 (0.78)

n/a

n/a

Mealtime Screen use

1.45 (0.58)

1.58 (0.61)

0.72

0.76

Screens to Control Behaviour

1.90 (0.80)

2.00 (0.97)

0.79

0.95

Monitoring Screen Time

2.94 (0.93)

2.95 (0.91)

0.95

0.95

Limiting Screen Time

3.44 (0.56)

3.48 (0.51)

0.85

0.81