The impact of screen time and green time on mental health in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the life of children and adolescents in an unprecedented way. In the present study, we focused on two activities that have been likely affected by mitigation measures: screen time and green time. We investigated how both influenced each other during the pandemic, how they affected children's and adolescents' mental health, and which role socio-demographic characteristics have in predicting screen time, green time, and mental health. We used data collected between autumn 2020 and spring 2021 from 844 participants aged 5 to 19 of a population-based, prospective cohort study in Canton Ticino, Italian-speaking Switzerland. We analyzed the data using an extended version of the Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model with time-invariant socio-demographic cova

SUBMITTER: Camerini AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121633 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature