AbstractThe two main purposes of the present study were to explore the gadget landscape in
Malaysian households and to examine the relationship between gadget use and
psychosocial status in pre-schoolers. The sample of the current study consists of 234
parent-child dyads of pre-schoolers aged five and six. Most parents in the study are
Malays, married and living in urban regions (e.g. Kuala Lumpur, Sepang & Melaka
Tengah). Next, most of the raters are mothers (74.4%). The raters were asked to
complete the Gadget Use Questionnaire, to evaluate gadget usage such as duration of
use, types of content when using media and types of gadget available, used and owned
by pre-schooler, and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), to measure
psychosocial status of pre-schoolers such as Peer Relationship Issues, Emotional
Problems, Conduct Problem, Hyperactivity and Prosocial Behaviour, in Bahasa
Malaysia. Descriptive analysis was used to describe the trends of media use while
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