Disentangling individual, school, and neighborhood effects on screen time among adolescents and young adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association between individual, neighborhood, and school-level influences on individual screen time among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.

Methods

We classified screen time continuously as self-reported total hours per week of television, videos, and video/computer games at baseline and categorical as extended screen time (≥14 h per week). We fit cross-classified multilevel models (CCMM) to examine to examine the individual-, school- and neighborhood-level demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with screen time. Models were fit using MLwiN with Bayesian estimation procedures.

Results

AYAs reported an average of 22.8 (SD = 19.4) and 21.9 (SD = 20.3) hours of screen

SUBMITTER: Abdel Magid HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7934642 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature