Screen time activities and aggressive behaviors among children and adolescents: A systematic review

Keikha, Mojtaba; Qorbani, Mostafa; Tabaee, Maryam Sadat Kazemi; Djalalinia, Shirin; Kelishadi, Roya

doi:10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_71_20

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“…Previous studies have shown that participation of adolescents in highly structure leisure activities was linked to lower levels of antisocial behaviors compared with those engaged in less structured activities (Mahoney & Stattin, 2000). There is also evidence from a systematic review that adolescents who spend most of their time watching TV are at greater risk of violent behaviors (Keikha et al, 2020). It is then important to consider using structured leisure activities when planning and implementing prevention strategies for students at risk.…”

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Antisocial and Criminal Behaviors of Secondary School Students from the city of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico and Associated Risk Factors

Monárrez-Espino,

León-Ramírez,

Vázquez-Ríos

et al. 2022

Accion psicol.

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Background: Since the school is a key setting during adolescence, it is crucial to detect deviant social behaviors of individuals in this environment to target corrective measures. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of antisocial and criminal behaviors of secondary school students in the city of Chihuahua, northern Mexico, and to explore associated factors. Methods: Cross-sectional survey with adolescents aged 13-16 years, randomly selected from public and private schools. The Mexican version of the validated antisocial and criminal behaviors questionnaire was applied to 430 students from 41 schools. Proportions and mean scores were computed. Results were stratified by individual and school characteristics. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with the probability of reporting at least one criminal behavior. Results: Eating when not allowed (67.5%) and arriving late to school (51.7%) were the most frequent antisocial behaviors, while spending money gambling (17.2%) and damaging objects or property in public spaces (15.5%) were the most frequent criminal behaviors. Men had a higher criminal mean score (1.35 vs. 0.89; p<0.05), and 9th graders had higher mean than 7th and 8th graders for antisocial (7.05 vs. 5.39 and 4.97; p<0.05) and criminal (1.44 vs. 0.98 and 0.94; p<0.05) behaviors. Public schools had a lower antisocial mean than the private (5.52 vs. 6.61; p<0.05). High-income private schools had the highest mean for antisocial behavior (7.44), followed by tele-secondaries (7.06); for criminal behavior, public technical (1.71) and tele-secondaries (2.31) had the highest means. The schools’ lowest academic performance was associated with lower means, especially for criminal behavior. Male sex, higher school grade, low school performance, having failed a year, reporting family problems, and performing specific free-time activities (e.g., hanging out with friends) were associated with a higher adjusted odds ratios of reporting at least one criminal behavior. Conclusion: The most frequent behaviors were quantified, and specific risk groups and factors were identified in order to design and implement preventive programs

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Antisocial and Criminal Behaviors of Secondary School Students from the city of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico and Associated Risk Factors

Monárrez-Espino,

León-Ramírez,

Vázquez-Ríos

et al. 2022

Accion psicol.

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“…Studies have shown a correlation between increased screen time and heightened levels of aggression in preschoolers. Exposure to violent or aggressive content on screens may contribute to the development of aggressive behaviour in young children (Djalalinia et al, 2020). Several studies conducted in India during COVID lockdown reported that the extended use of digital gadgets influenced young children's mobile dependency, socialisation process, cognition, behaviour patterns and exhibited isolation tendencies and behavioural abnormalities among children (Joseph et.…”

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Screen Time and Health Impact among Preschool Children

Abu Hassan Ashaari,

Mayilvahanam,

Ahmad

et al. 2024

IJARBSS

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Screen time has become common in this digital era where using computers, televisions (TV), smartphones and tablets has become a part of daily living, easy to access and serves as a platform for activity and entertainment especially among children. Although there are benefits to children using screens, there are also many drawbacks associated with prolonged screen use during childhood. These studies outline the effect of excessive screen exposure among preschool children that gives an impact to child development. It shows that excessive screen time causes an impact toward health, development and behaviour. However, it can be controlled by implementing strategies by maintaining a balanced lifestyle.

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“…A subset of outcomes that have previously been indicated to be related to at least one media type (i.e., TV/DVDs, videogames, and chatting/surfing on the Internet) were included in the present study to examine how screen-time trajectories associated with them. These outcomes include mental health and behavioral issues, i.e., depression, anxiety (e.g., Kandola et al, 2021;Stiglic & Viner, 2019), suicidal ideation (e.g., Coyne et al, 2021), self-injury (e.g., Wiguna et al, 2021), aggression (e.g., Keikha et al, 2020), substance use (e.g., Boers et al, 2020), and delinquency (Exelmans et al, 2015). These outcomes were included also as they are common in adolescence and tend to co-occur (e.g., Murray et al, 2022;World Health Organization, 2021).…”

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Trajectories of Screen Time across Adolescence and Their Associations with Adulthood Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes

Zhu

Griffiths

Xiao

et al. 2023

J Youth Adolescence

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Excessive screen time among adolescents is discussed as a significant public health concern. Identifying adolescent longitudinal patterns of time spent on regularly-used media screens and understanding their young adulthood mental health and behavioral issue correlates may help inform strategies for improving these outcomes. This study aimed to characterize joint developmental patterns of time spent on videogames, surfing/chatting the Internet, and TV/DVDs during adolescence (at ages 11, 13, 15, 17) and their associations with mental health (i.e., depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and self-injury) and behavioral issues (i.e., substance use, delinquency, aggression) in early adulthood (at age 20). A parallel-process latent class growth analysis was used to model data from a diverse community-ascertained sample of youth in Zurich, Switzerland (n = 1521; 51.7% males). Results suggested that a five-class model best fitted the data: (1) low-screen use, 37.6%; (2) increasing chatting/surfing, 24.0%; (3) moderate-screen use, 18.6%; (4) early-adolescence screen use, 9.9%; and (5) increasing videogame and chatting/surfing, 9.9%. After adjusting for baseline levels of outcomes (primarily at age 11), the trajectory groups differed in their associations with adulthood outcomes of mental health and behavioral problems, indicating the importance of problematic screen usage patterns in predicting these outcomes. Future research to test the directionality of these associations will be important. These findings suggest which patterns of screen use may be a marker for later mental health and behavioral issues in different domains.

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Screen time activities and aggressive behaviors among children and adolescents: A systematic review

Cited by 14 publications

References 41 publications

Antisocial and Criminal Behaviors of Secondary School Students from the city of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico and Associated Risk Factors

Antisocial and Criminal Behaviors of Secondary School Students from the city of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico and Associated Risk Factors

Screen Time and Health Impact among Preschool Children

Trajectories of Screen Time across Adolescence and Their Associations with Adulthood Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes

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