ArticlePreventive medicine reports2018
Associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being among children and adolescents: Evidence from a population-based study.
Article in Preventive medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 370 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Who cites it
370 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,109 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Global research on 24-hour movement behaviours guidelines in children and adolescents: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Digital Screen Time and Myopia: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- The association between the use of digital technologies and positive youth development: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- Causal effects of social media use on self-esteem, mindfulness, sleep and emotional well-being: a social media restriction study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Understanding mental health and help-seeking among adolescents in Europe: a focus group-based participatory study to inform preventive interventions.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic differences in time-specific smartphone use among a national sample of adolescents.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Weekend Texting Screen Time and Incident Nicotine Use in Early Adolescents: Longitudinal Analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Longitudinal effect of early social media use on standardized learning outcomes during school career.Nature human behaviour · 2026Article
- Mediating Effect of Perceived Ageism Experiences Between TikTok Addiction Symptoms and Psychological Distress: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Parental, peer, and individual determinants of depression among adolescents and young adults: estimates from a within-between model.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- The Patient-AI Relationship in Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: A Cognitive-Behavioral Framework.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence interaction is not equivalent to social interaction: Rethinking artificial intelligence-mediated digital exposure in early childhood.Pediatric investigation · 2026Review
- Mediating role of sleep duration in the association between problematic media use and sleep disturbance in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Does Timing Matter? Age of First Mobile Phone Acquisition and Psychological Outcomes in Middle and Late Adolescence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Smartphone Ownership and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Early Adolescence.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Altering Affective Responses and Emotional Reactivity Through Acute Bouts of Aerobic Exercise With and Without Mindfulness.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Previous research on associations between screen time and psychological well-being among children and adolescents has been conflicting, leading some researchers to question the limits on screen time suggested by physician organizations. We examined a large (
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Registered trials
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