CAFE

Do you ever wonder how much media is used within your household? The Comprehensive Assessment of Family Media Exposure (CAFE) Consortium is a team of researchers with specialties in psychology, pediatrics, communications, and human development. The goal of the Consortium is to more accurately measure media usage within households and to examine the effects of early media exposure on development.

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Brauchli, V. Edelsbrunner, P. A., Paz Castro, R., Barr, R., von Wyl, A., Lannen, P., & Sticca, F. (2024). Screen time vs. scream time: Developmental interrelations between young children’s screen time, negative affect, and effortful control. Computers in Human Behavior.

Kucker, S., Perry, L. & Barr, R. (accepted). Variability and patterns in infant media use and links with language development. Acta Pediactrica.

Sundqvist, A., Barr, R., Heimann M., Birberg Thornberg, U. & Koch, F. (2023). A longitudinal study of the effect of screen media on vocabulary development. Acta Pediatrica

Hermesch, N., Konrad, C., Barr, R, Herbert, J. S., & Seehagen, S. (2023). Sleep-dependent memory consolidation of televised content in infants, Journal of Sleep Research.

Coyne, S., Gale, M., Ashby, S., Memmott-Elison, M. K., Holmgren, H. G., Barr, R., Christensen-Duerden, C., & Brown, S. (2023). Media in the moment: An observational assessment of the digital media context in early childhood. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 9(3), 186–198.

Swit, C. S., Coyne, S. M., Shawcroft, J., Gath, M., Barr, R., Holmgren, H. G., & Stockdale, L. (2023). Problematic media use in early childhood: The role of parent-child relationships and parental wellbeing in families in New Zealand and the United States. Journal of Children and Media, 1–24.

Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A., Holmgren, H. G., Booth, M. A., Van Alfen, M., Harris, H., Barr, R., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Sheppard, J. A., Shawcroft, J., & Ober, M. (2023). Masters of media: A longitudinal study of parental media efficacy, media monitoring, and child problematic media use across early childhood in the United States. Journal of Children and Media, 17(3), 318–335.

Gueron-Sela, N., Shalev, I., Gordon-Hacker, A. Egutobov, A. & Barr, R. (2023). Screen Media Exposure and Behavioral Adjustment in Early Childhood During and After COVID-19 Home Lockdown Periods. Computers in Human Behavior, 140, 107572.

Fitzpatrick, C, Binet, M.A, Harvey, E., Radesky, J., Barr, R., & Garon-Carrier, G. (2023). Preschooler screen time and temperamental anger/frustration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatric Research

Sundqvist, A., Koch, F., Birberg Thornberg, U., Barr, R., & Heimann, M., (2021). Growing Up in a Digital World – Digital media and the association with the child’s language development at two years of age. Frontiers, 12, 443.

Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A., Shawcroft, J., Reschke, P., Barr, R., Davis, E. J., Holmgren, H. G., & Domoff, S. (2022). Meltdowns and media: Moment-to-moment fluctuations in young children’s media use transitions and the role of children’s mood states. Computers in Human Behavior, 136, 107360.

Willis, E., Hales, D., Smith, F., Burney, R., El-Zaatari, H., Rzepka, M., Amft, O., Barr, R., Evenson, K., Kosorok, M. & Ward, D. (2022). Feasbility and Acceptibility of Wearable Sensor Placement for Measuring Screen Time of Children, Translational Journal of the ACSM, 7(4).

Heimann M, Bus A and Barr R (2021). Editorial: Growing Up in a Digital World – Social and Cognitive Implications. Front. Psychol. 12:745788.

Konrad, C., Hillmann, M., Rispler, J., Niehaus, L., Neuhoff, L. & Barr, R. (2021) Quality of Mother-Child Interaction Before, During, and After Smartphone Use. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.

Bellagamba, F., Presaghi, F., Di Marco, M., D’Abundo, E., Blanchfield, O. & Barr, R. (2021). How Infant and Toddlers’ Media Use Is Related to Sleeping Habits in Everyday Life in Italy, Frontiers in Psychology, 12.

Barr, R., Kirkorian, H., Radesky, J., et al. (2020). Beyond Screen Time: A Synergistic Approach to a More Comprehensive Assessment of Family Media Exposure During Early Childhood. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1283.

Nyberg, S., Rudner, M., Birberg Thornberg, U., Koch, F.S., Barr, R., Heimann, M., Sundqvist, A. (2020). The Natural Language Environment of 9-Month-Old Infants in Sweden and Concurrent Association with Early Language Development. Frontiers in Psychology, 11.

Radesky, J.S., Weeks, H.M., Ball, R., et al. (2020). Young Children’s Use of Smartphones and Tablets. Pediatrics, 146(1).

Konrad, C., Berger-Hanke, M., Hassel, G., Barr, R. (2021). Does texting interrupt imitation learning in 19-month-old infants? Infant Behavior and Development, 62.