ArticleInternational journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP
The longitudinal impact of screen media activities on brain function, architecture and mental health in early adolescence.
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- The Impact of Modern Lifestyles on Spinal Health in the Pediatric Population: A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Screen Time, Digital Content Quality, and Parental Mediation as Predictors of Linguistic and Pragmatic Development: Implications for Pediatric and Preventive Health.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations Between Screen Time, Sleep, and Executive Function in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Digital Content and Age.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Connected but at Risk: Social Media Exposure and Psychiatric and Psychological Outcomes in Youth.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
The increased use of screen media has raised unknown effects on mental health among adolescents. This study aimed to examine the correlational and causal association between screen media activity (SMA) and mental health problems, and the mediating role of brain functions and structures in this relationship. Data from 4557 adolescents (mean age = 9.955 ± 0.164 years) in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study were analysed across four time points: baseline, 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year follow-ups. Linear mixed models assessed SMA's association with mental health indices and the brain's developmental pattern, respectively. Cross-lagged panel models examined the SMA-mental health problems' longitudinal and causal relationship. Mediation analyses explored brain functions and structures as mediators on the SMA-mental health correlation. Baseline SMA positively correlated with internalizing, externalizing, and stress problems; and negatively correlated with brain volume, area and diverse sets of resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) after three years. Higher baseline SMA associated with increased internalizing (
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