Screen Time and Standardized Academic Achievement Tests in Elementary School.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Few studies have investigated the longitudinal associations between different types of screen time in young children and academic achievement in elementary school.

Objective

To examine whether there is an association between screen time in young children and standardized academic achievement tests in grades 3 and 6.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study was conducted among children participating in the TARGet Kids! primary care cohort in Ontario, Canada, between July 2008 and June 2023. Participant data were linked to annual grades 3 and 6 provincial standardized academic achievement test results.

Exposures

Parent-reported child total screen time, TV and digital media time, and video gaming time. The screen time measurement

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12514615 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature