Childhood internalizing, externalizing and attention symptoms predict changes in social and nonsocial screen time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While accumulating research has tested the hypothesis that screen time causes psychiatric symptoms in children, less attention has been paid to the hypothesis that children with psychiatric symptoms change their patterns of screen time and digital media use. We aimed to test whether children with psychiatric symptoms subsequently change their patterns of screen time and digital media use.

Methods

N = 9,066 children primarily aged 9-10 in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study at baseline and 1-year later. Psychiatric symptoms included internalizing, attention, and externalizing symptoms. Screen time was measured as ordinally defined weekday and weekend time on social and nonsocial [e.g., YouTube] digital media). Models assessed psychiatric symptoms as pr

SUBMITTER: Keyes K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12051214 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature