Electronic Media Use and Adolescent Health and Well-Being: Cross-Sectional Community Study

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• 作者：Megan Mathers ; B App Sci (Hon) (Psychology) ; ^{megan.mathers@mcri.edu.au} ; Louise Canterford ; MBiostats ; Tim Olds ; PhD ; Kylie Hesketh ; PhD ; Kate Ridley ; PhD ; Melissa Wake ; MD
• 关键词：adolescent ; health status ; media ; mental health ; quality of life
• 刊名：Academic Pediatrics
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：September-October 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：9
• 期：5
• 页码：307-314
• 全文大小：114 K

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Objective

To describe time adolescents spend using electronic media (television, computer, video games, and telephone); and to examine associations between self-reported health/well-being and daily time spent using electronic media overall and each type of electronic media.

Methods

Design?/em>Cross-sectional data from the third (2005) wave of the Health of Young Victorians Study, an Australian school-based population study. Outcome Measures?/em>Global health, health-related quality of life (HRQoL; KIDSCREEN), health status (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0; PedsQL), depression/anxiety (Kessler-10), and behavior problems (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire). Exposure Measures?/em>Duration of electronic media use averaged over 1 to 4 days recalled with the Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adolescents (MARCA) computerized time-use diary. Analysis¨CLinear and logistic regression; adjusted for demographic variables and body mass index z score.

Results

A total of 925 adolescents (mean ¡À standard deviation age, 16.1 ¡À 1.2 years) spent, on average, 3 hours 16 minutes per day using electronic media (television, 128 minutes per day; video games, 35; computers, 19; telephone, 13). High overall electronic media use was associated with poorer behavior, health status, and HRQoL. Associations with duration of specific media exposures were mixed; there was a favorable association between computer use (typing/Internet) and psychological distress, whereas high video game use was associated with poorer health status, HRQoL, global health, and depression/anxiety. Television and telephone durations were not associated with any outcome measure.

Conclusions

Despite television's associations with obesity, time spent in other forms of media use appear more strongly related to adolescent health and well-being. This study supports efforts to reduce high video game use and further exploration of the role of computers in health enhancement.