Screen media usage, sleep time and academic performance in adolescents: clustering a self-organizing maps analysis.

ABSTRACT: Screen media usage, sleep time and socio-demographic features are related to adolescents' academic performance, but interrelations are little explored. This paper describes these interrelations and behavioral profiles clustered in low and high academic performance. A nationally representative sample of 3,095 Spanish adolescents, aged 12 to 18, was surveyed on 15 variables linked to the purpose of the study. A Self-Organizing Maps analysis established non-linear interrelationships among these variables and identified behavior patterns in subsequent cluster analyses. Topological interrelationships established from the 15 emerging maps indicated that boys used more passive videogames and computers for playing than girls, who tended to use mobile phones to communicate with others. Adolescents

SUBMITTER: Peiro-Velert C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4062405 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature