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Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19
This study examines associations between media use and mental health for adolescents prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using two separate datasets that sampled adolescents (8th, 10th, and 12th graders) in 2018 (n = 31,825) and 2020 (n = 1,523), mental health (hopelessness and happiness), me...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9254574/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35815154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09898 |
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author | Shawcroft, Jane Gale, Megan Coyne, Sarah M. Twenge, Jean M. Carroll, Jason S. Brad Wilcox, W. James, Spencer |
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description | This study examines associations between media use and mental health for adolescents prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using two separate datasets that sampled adolescents (8th, 10th, and 12th graders) in 2018 (n = 31,825) and 2020 (n = 1,523), mental health (hopelessness and happiness), media use (time spent using a variety of media), and personal health habits (sleep) were assessed. Overall, we found that there were significant differences by year in adolescent hopelessness, with adolescents reporting less hopelessness in 2020 (during COVID-19) than in 2018 (pre COVID-19). There were not practical significant differences in adolescent happiness and loneliness. Adolescents also reported getting more sleep in our 2020 sample than the 2018 sample. Adolescents in 2020 spent significantly more time watching movies and video chatting, but less time texting and on social media than adolescents in 2018. Finally, we found that time spent video chatting and sleep had a different relationship with various aspects of mental health (happiness, hopelessness, or loneliness) in 2018 vs. 2020. |
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spelling | pubmed-92545742022-07-05 Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19 Shawcroft, Jane Gale, Megan Coyne, Sarah M. Twenge, Jean M. Carroll, Jason S. Brad Wilcox, W. James, Spencer Heliyon Research Article This study examines associations between media use and mental health for adolescents prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using two separate datasets that sampled adolescents (8th, 10th, and 12th graders) in 2018 (n = 31,825) and 2020 (n = 1,523), mental health (hopelessness and happiness), media use (time spent using a variety of media), and personal health habits (sleep) were assessed. Overall, we found that there were significant differences by year in adolescent hopelessness, with adolescents reporting less hopelessness in 2020 (during COVID-19) than in 2018 (pre COVID-19). There were not practical significant differences in adolescent happiness and loneliness. Adolescents also reported getting more sleep in our 2020 sample than the 2018 sample. Adolescents in 2020 spent significantly more time watching movies and video chatting, but less time texting and on social media than adolescents in 2018. Finally, we found that time spent video chatting and sleep had a different relationship with various aspects of mental health (happiness, hopelessness, or loneliness) in 2018 vs. 2020. Elsevier 2022-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9254574/ /pubmed/35815154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09898 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Shawcroft, Jane Gale, Megan Coyne, Sarah M. Twenge, Jean M. Carroll, Jason S. Brad Wilcox, W. James, Spencer Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19 |
title | Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19 |
title_full | Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19 |
title_short | Teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during COVID-19 |
title_sort | teens, screens and quarantine; the relationship between adolescent media use and mental health prior to and during covid-19 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9254574/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35815154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09898 |
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