Concurrent and Subsequent Associations Between Daily Digital Technology Use and High-Risk Adolescents' Mental Health Symptoms

Adolescents are spending an unprecedented amount of time using digital technologies (especially mobile technologies), and there are concerns that adolescents' constant connectivity is associated with poor mental health, particularly among at-risk adolescents. Participants included 151 adolescen...

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Published in:	Child development 2018-01, Vol.89 (1), p.78-88
Main Authors:	George, Madeleine J., Russell, Michael A., Piontak, Joy R., Odgers, Candice L.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Adolescent Development Adolescents At risk populations At Risk Students Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child Child & adolescent mental health Computers - statistics & numerical data Conduct disorder Conduct Disorder - epidemiology Correlation Digital technology Ecological momentary assessment Ecological Momentary Assessment - statistics & numerical data Female Follow-Up Studies Followup Studies Handheld Devices Health problems High risk Humans Male Mental disorders Mental Health Regression (Statistics) Regression analysis Risk Risk assessment Self regulation Self-Control SPECIAL SECTION: CONTEMPORARY MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT Student Behavior Symptoms Symptoms (Individual Disorders) Technology Technology Uses in Education Teenagers Telecommunications Text messaging Text Messaging - statistics & numerical data Written Language
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Summary:	Adolescents are spending an unprecedented amount of time using digital technologies (especially mobile technologies), and there are concerns that adolescents' constant connectivity is associated with poor mental health, particularly among at-risk adolescents. Participants included 151 adolescents at risk for mental health problems (Mage = 13.1) who completed a baseline assessment, 30-day ecological momentary assessment, and 18 month follow-up assessment. Results from multilevel regression models showed that daily reports of both time spent using digital technologies and the number of text messages sent were associated with increased same-day attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms. Adolescents' reported digital technology usage and text messaging across the ecological momentary assessment (EMA) period was also associated with poorer self-regulation and increases in conduct problem symptoms between the baseline and follow-up assessments.
ISSN:	0009-3920 1467-8624