- Title
- Longitudinal associations between changes in screen-time and mental health outcomes in adolescents
- Creator
- Babic, Mark J.; Smith, Jordan J.; Morgan, Philip J.; Eather, Narelle; Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Lubans, David R.
- Relation
- Mental Health and Physical Activity Vol. 12, Issue March, p. 124-131
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2017.04.001
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Introduction: The primary aim was to examine longitudinal associations between changes in screen-time and mental health outcomes among adolescents. Methods: Adolescents (N = 322, 65.5% females, mean age = 14.4 ± 0.6 years) reported screen-time and mental health at two time points over a school year. Multi-level linear regression analyses were conducted after adjusting for covariates. Results: Changes in total recreational screen-time (β = −0.09 p = 0.048) and tablet/mobile phone use (β = −0.18, p < 0.001) were negatively associated with physical self-concept. Changes in total recreational screen-time (β = −0.20, p = 0.001) and computer use (β = −0.23, p = 0.003) were negatively associated with psychological well-being. A positive association was found with television/DVD use and psychological difficulties (β = 0.16, p = 0.015). No associations were found for non-recreational screen-time. Conclusion: Changes in recreational screen-time were associated with changes in a range of mental health outcomes.
- Subject
- screen-time; mental health; adolescents; longitudinal
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1354797
- Identifier
- uon:31353
- Identifier
- ISSN:1755-2966
- Rights
- © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
- Language
- eng
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