Screen time and manic symptoms in early adolescents: prospective findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Results indicate significant prospective relationships between screen time and manic symptoms in early adolescence and highlight problematic screen use, video game use, and sleep duration as potential mediators. Problematic screen use may be a target for mental health prevention and early intervention efforts among adolescents.
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)
- Jinbo He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-9371)
- Kyle T. Ganson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-3716)
- Jason M. Lavender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9853-2280)
Institutions
- SRI International (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CN)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02814-6
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.81
Funders
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- National Institutes of Health