Screen time associated with health behaviors and outcomes in adolescents
Busch V, Manders LA, de Leeuw JR
American journal of health behavior · 37 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2013-08-31 · Am J Health Behav · vol. 37 · issue 6 · pp. 819–830
- Publisher
- PNG Publications
- Cited
- 73 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 8.9× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 40 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- screen time, adolescents, health behavior, bullying, physical activity, school skipping, alcohol consumption, unhealthy diet, psychosocial problems, overweight, excessive screen time
- MeSH
- humans, exercise, adolescent behavior, feeding behavior, alcohol drinking, health behavior, video games, television, internet, adolescent, child, female, male, bullying, surveys and questionnaires, sedentary behavior
3 authors
From NL
- Vincent BuschUniversity Medical Center Utrecht
- Lieke Ananda Manders
- J.R.J. de Leeuw
Abstract
Objectives
To study the associations of screen time (Internet / video games / television) with health-related behaviors and outcomes in adolescents.
Methods
Regression analyses were performed to assess the associations of screen time with several health-related behaviors and outcomes in 2425 Dutch adolescents.
Results
Screen time was associated with bullying, being bullied, less physical activity, skipping school, alcohol use and unhealthy eating habits. Compulsive and excessive screen times were associated respectively with several psychosocial problems and being overweight.
Conclusions
Screen time was of significant importance to adolescent health. Behavioral interrelatedness caused significant confounding in the studied relations when behaviors were analyzed separately compared to a multi-behavioral approach, which speaks for more multi-behavioral analyses in future studies.
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