Executive dysfunction as a possible mediator for the association between excessive screen time and problematic behaviors in preschoolers

Narueporn Likhitweerawong; Nonglak Boonchooduang; Jiraporn Khorana; Phichayut Phinyo; Jayanton Patumanond; Orawan Louthrenoo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298189

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Executive dysfunction as a possible mediator for the association between excessive screen time and problematic behaviors in preschoolers

Narueporn Likhitweerawong,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Growth and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1175-0021

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Nonglak Boonchooduang,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Growth and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Jiraporn Khorana,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Clinical Surgical Research Center, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Phichayut Phinyo,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Jayanton Patumanond,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Orawan Louthrenoo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: orawan.l@cmu.ac.th

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Growth and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7728-1117

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Executive dysfunction as a possible mediator for the association between excessive screen time and problematic behaviors in preschoolers

Narueporn Likhitweerawong,
Nonglak Boonchooduang,
Jiraporn Khorana,
Phichayut Phinyo,
Jayanton Patumanond,
Orawan Louthrenoo

Published: April 4, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298189

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