Associations among Screen Time and Unhealthy Behaviors, Academic Performance, and Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents
Yan H, Zhang R, Oniffrey TM, Chen G, Wang Y, Wu Y, Zhang X, Wang Q, Ma L, Li R, Moore JB
International journal of environmental research and public health · 77 citations
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
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Government
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Government
- NCATS NIH HHS
- Grants
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81402668); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR001420)
Based on 3 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2017-06-04 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 14 · issue 6 · p. 596
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 141 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 21.0× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 45 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Keywords
- screen time, adolescents, television viewing, video games, social networking sites, academic performance, physical activity, sleep duration, body mass index, dietary habits, anxiety, self-esteem, life satisfaction, harmful habits, Chinese adolescents
- MeSH
- humans, exercise, health behavior, anxiety, self concept, sleep, eating, quality of life, schools, students, video games, television, adolescent, china, female, male, social networking, surveys and questionnaires
11 authors
From CN, US
- Hanyi YanWuhan University
- Rui ZhangSouth Central Minzu University
- Theresa M. Oniffrey
- Guoxun ChenUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville
- Yueqiao WangWuhan University
- Yingru WuWuhan University
Abstract
Screen time is negatively associated with markers of health in western youth, but very little is known about these relationships in Chinese youth. Middle-school and high-school students (n = 2625) in Wuhan, China, completed questionnaires assessing demographics, health behaviors, and self-perceptions in spring/summer 2016. Linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine whether, after adjustment for covariates, screen time was associated with body mass index (BMI), eating behaviors, average nightly hours of sleep, physical activity (PA), academic performance, and psychological states. Watching television on school days was negatively associated with academic performance, PA, anxiety, and life satisfaction. Television viewing on non-school days was positively associated with sleep duration. Playing electronic games was positively associated with snacking at night and less frequently eating breakfast, and negatively associated with sleep duration and self-esteem. Receiving electronic news and study materials on non-school days was negatively associated with PA, but on school days, was positively associated with anxiety. Using social networking sites was negatively associated with academic performance, but positively associated with BMI z-score, PA and anxiety. Screen time in adolescents is associated with unhealthy behaviors and undesirable psychological states that can contribute to poor quality of life.
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