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Objective To explore the relationships between the screen time with parent-child relations as well as social ability and behavioral problem in preschool children.Methods A total of 866 children aged 3-6 years old in Dazhou City conducted the sampling survey by adopting the children screen time questionnaire,parent-child relationship self-rating scale and young children's social ability and behavior assessment scale(SCBE-30).The single factor analysis and multinomial Logistic regression method were used to conduct the statistical analysis.Results The surveyed preschool children watching TV every day accounted for 99.31 %,those playing mobile phones every day accounted for 81.87% and those using computer accounted for 68.36%s.The average daily screen time at ordinary time was 1.75 h/d,those ≥2 h/d accounted for 16.05%;the average screen time at the weekend was 2.32 h/d,those ≥2 h/d accounted for 46.57%.The univariate analysis showed that the screen time in boy,left behind children,only child,mothers engaging in agriculture of peasant-worker or housewife was longer(P<0.05);the screen time affected the social ability and behavior problems of children(P<0.05).The longer the time children spent with their parents every day,the higher the parent-child relationship score(P<0.05);the screen content affected the parent-child relationship and anxiety withdrawal behavior (P<0.05).The polynormial regression analysis between the children's screen time with social ability,behavior problems,parent-child relation and contacting screen mode showed that the screen time had the negative effect relation with the social ability and parent-child relation(parents and children questionnaire) score(β=-1.115,-1.728,-1.909,P<0.05),and had the positive effect relation with the scores of anger attack behavior and anxiety retreat behavior,and individual contacting screen (β=0.982,1.474,0.877,P<0.05).Conclusion The screen time in preschool children is related with parent-child relation,social ability and behavioral problems.The parental accompany is beneficial to the development of parentchild relations in preschool children.