Association between screen time, homework and reading duration, sleep duration, social jetlag and mental health among Chinese children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the associations of screen time, homework and reading duration, sleep duration, social jetlag with mental health in children and adolescents, as well as its gender differences.

Methods

From December 2023 to April 2024, a total of 62 395 children and adolescents were selected from 51 schools in 17 cities of China by stratified cluster sampling. Screen time, homework and reading duration, sleep duration, and social jetlag were calculated by answering the questions about watching TV time, playing smartphones time, doing homework time, reading extracurricular books time, bedtime, wake-up time, and nap time during weekdays and weekends. Mental health was assessed by the Revised Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5). The generalized linear model was used to deter

SUBMITTER: Li T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549763 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature