Young Adolescents' Digital Technology Use and Adolescents' Mental Health Symptoms: Little Evidence of Longitudinal or Daily Linkages
Young Adolescents' Digital Technology Use and Adolescents' Mental Health Symptoms: Little Evidence of Longitudinal or Daily Linkages
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DOI：
10.1177/2167702619859336
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发表时间：
2019-08-20
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Odgers, Candice L.
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作者：
Jensen, Michaeline;George, Madeleine J.;Odgers, Candice L.
本研究调查了388名青少年的数字技术使用是否与青春期早期到青春期中期的心理健康症状有关。青少年在2015年完成了最初的Time 1 （T1）评估，随后在2016-2017年通过手机进行了为期14天的生态瞬时评估（EMA），在5270个研究天内共进行了13017次观察。青少年的T1技术使用并不能预测以后的心理健康症状。青少年报告的心理健康状况也没有在他们报告在科技产品上花费更多时间和更少时间的日子里恶化。几乎没有发现支持每日二次关联（即青少年心理健康状况在很少或过度使用的日子里更差）。出现心理健康问题风险较高的青少年在使用高科技产品的日子里也没有表现出出现心理健康问题风险增加的迹象。EMA的研究结果不支持青少年数字技术使用与心理健康症状升高相关的说法。
This study examines whether 388 adolescents' digital technology use is associated with mental-health symptoms during early adolescence to midadolescence. Adolescents completed an initial Time 1 (T1) assessment in 2015, followed by a 14-day ecological momentary assessment (EMA) via mobile phone in 2016-2017 that yielded 13,017 total observations over 5,270 study days. Adolescents' T1 technology use did not predict later mental-health symptoms. Adolescents' reported mental health was also not worse on days when they reported spending more versus less time on technology. Little was found to support daily quadratic associations (whereby adolescent mental health was worse on days with little or excessive use). Adolescents at higher risk for mental-health problems also exhibited no signs of increased risk for mental-health problems on higher technology use days. Findings from this EMA study do not support the narrative that young adolescents' digital technology usage is associated with elevated mental-health symptoms.