ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2021
Suicide Risk in Emerging Adulthood: Associations with Screen Time over 10 years.
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- Association of sleep, screen use with suicidal behaviour among patients with depressive disorder: A cross-sectional study.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Intimate disclosure in online-only friendships predicts adolescents' depressive symptoms.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Effects of Adolescent Digital Media Use on Mental Health in Young Adulthood.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Scrolling, Chatting, and Posting: Longitudinal Changes in Distinct Social Media Behaviors and Their Relationship With Psychological Distress and Mental Wellbeing in Adolescents.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Positive and negative social media experiences and proximal risk for suicidal ideation in adolescents.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2024Article
- A systematic review on passive sensing for the prediction of suicidal thoughts and behaviors.Npj mental health research · 2024Article
- Mediation of the association between screen time and suicidality by overweight/obesity and perceived overweight: results from the youth risk behavior surveillance system of the United States.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Trajectories of Screen Time across Adolescence and Their Associations with Adulthood Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- Screen time and suicidal behaviors among U.S. children 9-11 years old: A prospective cohort study.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Child and family factors associated with child mental health and well-being during COVID-19.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Passive Sensing in the Prediction of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Trajectories of 24-h movement guidelines from middle adolescence to adulthood on depression and suicidal ideation: a 22-year follow-up study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19.Heliyon · 2022Article
- The Association of Soft Drink Consumption and the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines with Suicidality among Adolescents of the United States.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Social media use, mental health, and suicide-related outcomes in Russian women: A cross-sectional comparison between two age groups.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Suicide rates have increased over the past decade, and screen media (and social media in particular) are often blamed for this marked increase. However, there is little longitudinal research on this topic. The current study examined the link between various types of screen media use over a 10-year period (from adolescence to emerging adulthood) to suicide risk in emerging adulthood. Participants included 500 adolescents (51% female) who were first surveyed in 2009, when they were an average of 13.82 years old (range 12-15 years). For girls, a high level of social media or television use in early adolescence followed by a marked increase over time was most predictive of suicide risk in emerging adulthood. Additionally, video game use that increased over time was also associated with a higher risk for developing suicide risk for girls. A passive sensing measurement was also included at the final wave of data collection to obtain a more accurate and complete picture of phone use in particular. The use of entertainment apps was risky for girls while reading apps were risky for boys. Additionally, video game use (for boys) was associated with suicide risk when cyberbullying was also high. Identifying nonnormative patterns of media during adolescence may be instructive in terms of suicide prevention efforts.
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