Abstract

CERVANTES-BAZAN, Karla; GARCIA-CABRERO, Benilde  and  GUEVARA-BENITEZ, Yolanda. Valoración del patrón de uso de tecnologías digitales por parte de niños y niñas preescolares. Rev. iberoam. tecnol. educ. educ. tecnol. [online]. 2023, n.34, pp.30-38. ISSN 1851-0086.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24215/18509959.34.e3.

In recent years, various benefits of a safe and regulated use of digital technologies by children have been documented. On the other hand, excessive use involves diverse risks for cognitive, socio-emotional and physical development. The difficulties in defining the parameters that would imply excessive use, raise the need to create valid and reliable instruments that would allow making decisions to promote an appropriate use of digital technologies. The objective of this study was to design and obtain evidence of reliability and validity of an instrument to measure the Pattern of use of digital technologies by preschool children. The design of the instrument and the content validation were carried out through expert judgment; subsequently, the instrument was applied to 341 mothers and fathers of Mexican preschool children. The results indicate that the instrument meets the necessary psychometric criteria to be considered a reliable and valid measurement tool to evaluate the time of use and the purpose or activity that is carried out through technological devices.

Keywords : Use of digital technologies; Preschool children; Evaluation instruments; Psychometric properties.

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