ReviewSports (Basel, Switzerland)2023
A Narrative Review of Screen Time and Wellbeing among Adolescents before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for the Future.
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- Physical activity contexts and adolescent mental health: a systematic review of structured and unstructured approaches, 2015-2025.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring positive psychology intervention and mindfulness-based intervention in nature: impact on well-being of school students in India.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Trends and Behavioral Correlates of Excessive Screen Time Among Swedish Adolescents: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study (2017-2023).Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- The Impact of Smartphone Use on Brain Function in Adolescence: A Scoping Review.Pediatric reports · 2026Review
- Body Composition Changes and Their Associations with Physical Activity and Screen Time in a Sample of Italian Early Adolescents over a 3-Year Period.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Postpandemic After-School Activities Among Youths in Australia.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms for Fitness-Based Cardiometabolic Risk Classification in Adolescents.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dietary practices of adolescents during COVID-19 and the perceived effect of the pandemic on nutrition-related behaviours.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children's Physical Activity As Perceived by Their Parents.Cureus · 2025Article
- Types of Adolescent Screen Use and Positive Wellbeing: Gender and Parental Education Influences.Journal of happiness studies · 2025Article
- Risky Behaviors for Non-Communicable Diseases: Italian Adolescents' Food Habits and Physical Activity.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Family Dynamics, Socioeconomic Hardships, and Health Risk Behaviours of Bulgarian Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Examining the growth in willingness to pay for digital wellbeing services on social media: A comparative analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Association between excessive screen time and falls, with additional risk from insufficient sleep duration in children and adolescents, a large cross-sectional study in China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of many. In particular, during the height of the pandemic, many experienced lockdowns, which in turn increased screen time drastically. While the pandemic has been declared an endemic and most activities have been reinstated, there appears to still be elevated screen time among adolescents due to poor habits formed during the pandemic lockdowns. This paper explores the factors by which screen time affects well-being among adolescents and how the pandemic may have influenced some of these factors. For example, beyond having greater screen time, many adolescents have also reduced their physical activities and picked up poor sleeping habits. These findings highlight the importance of having integrated activity guidelines that go beyond limiting adolescents' daily screen time. It is important to affirm that beyond ensuring that adolescents limit their daily screen time, they are also meeting physical activity and sleep guidelines so that they achieve a holistic sense of wellbeing.
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