Screen Use and Mental Health Symptoms in Canadian Children and Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Longitudinal research on specific forms of electronic screen use and mental health symptoms in children and youth during COVID-19 is minimal. Understanding the association may help develop policies and interventions targeting specific screen activities to promote healthful screen use and mental health in children and youth.

Objective

To determine whether specific forms of screen use (television [TV] or digital media, video games, electronic learning, and video-chatting time) were associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, conduct problems, irritability, hyperactivity, and inattention in children and youth during COVID-19.

Design, setting, and participants

A longitudinal cohort study with repeated measures of exposures and outcomes was conducted in chi

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715351 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature