Screen time and mental health: a prospective analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study
Screen time is prospectively associated with a range of mental health symptoms, especially depressive symptoms, though effect sizes are small. Video chat, texting, videos, and video games were the screen types with the greatest associations with depressive symptoms. Future research should examine potential mechanisms linking screen use with child behavior problems.
Authors
- Alexander M. Testa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-9115)
- Fiona C. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9602-6165)
- Gabriel Zamora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5474-7669)
- Abubakr A A Al-Shoaibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6513-9984)
- Jason M. Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6541-0604)
- Alicia W. Leong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-3835)
- Kyle T. Ganson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-3716)
Institutions
- SRI International (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20102-x
- Citations
- 58
- Primary Topic
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 121.56
Funders
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- National Institutes of Health