Screen time and mental health: a prospective analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the ubiquity of adolescent screen use, there are limited longitudinal studies that examine the prospective relationships between screen time and child behavioral problems in a large, diverse nationwide sample of adolescents in the United States, which was the objective of the current study.

Methods

We analyzed cohort data of 9,538 adolescents (9-10 years at baseline in 2016-2018) with two years of follow-up from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. We used mixed-effects models to analyze associations between baseline self-reported screen time and parent-reported mental health symptoms using the Child Behavior Checklist, with random effects adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, household income, parent education, and study site. We test

SUBMITTER: Nagata JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11457456 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature