Adolescent media use and its association to wellbeing in a Canadian national sample
Open accessAbstract
Our objective is to describe associations between media usage and multiple wellbeing indicators in a nationally representative sample of Canadian youth (CSTADS 2012-13) enrolled in grades 7 to 12 (N = 41,057). Youth reported media usage (television/movie viewing, videogame playing, and surfing the internet), wellbeing (academic achievement, school connectedness, self-esteem, physical activity, intake of fruits and vegetables, and bullying), and psychological (drug use, drinking, and smoking) and sociodemographic confounds (ethnicity, grade, province, gender). Videogame playing was negatively associated with academic achievement, b = -0.07 (99% CI, -0.08-05), physical activity, b = -3.09, (99% CI, -3.63-2.56), school connectedness, b = -0.03 (99% CI, -0.04-0.02), self-esteem, b = -0.13 (99% CI, -0.16-0.09), and the consumption of fruits and vegetables b = -0.07 (99% CI, -0.11-0.03). Internet usage was negatively related to self-esteem, b = -0.25 (99% CI, -0.28-0.21), school connectedness, b = -0.03 (99% CI, -0.03-0.02), academic achievement, b = -0.02 (99% CI, -0.03-0.002) and physical activity b = -1.42 (99% CI, -1.92-0.91). Finally, television exposure was linked with less fruits and vegetable consumption, b = -0.09 (99% CI, -0.12-0.06), academic achievement b = -0.05 (99% CI, -0.07-0.04), school connectedness b = -0.02 (99% CI, -0.03-0.01), self-esteem b = -0.06 (99% CI, -0.11-0.003), and physical activity b = -1.09 (99% CI, -1.64-0.54). Internet, television/movies, and videogame time also increased the odds of bullying others by 9%, OR = 1.09 (99% CI, 1.04-1.14) 8%, OR = 1.08 (99% CI, 1.01-1.16) and 7%, OR = 1.07 (99% CI, 1.01-1.14) respectively. Overall effect sizes were small yet may represent significant impairment for heavy media users.
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Generalized internet addiction is associated with poor performance at school because the addicted student fails to devote enough time to studies.
“Generalized internet addiction has been associated with poor performance at school because the addicted student fails to devote enough time to his or her studies (Fitzpatrick, Burkhalter, & Asbridge, 2019).”
From Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction (2021) · cites this paper as Fitzpatrick, Burkhalter, & Asbridge, 2019
The Results (Regression results; page unavailable) report a small negative association between internet use and academic achievement. The Discussion (page unavailable) suggests that screen time may displace homework, but the study measured hours of internet use, not generalized internet addiction, and did not establish that reduced study time caused poorer performance. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Cites
Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing
Patton, G. C., Sawyer, S. M., Santelli, J. S., Ross, D. A., Afifi, R., Allen, N. B., Arora, M., Azzopardi, P., Baldwin, W., Bonell, C., et al. (2016) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)00579-1 · Cited by 3,785 · see citing works
Leigh-Hunt, N., Bagguley, D., Bash, K., Turner, V., Turnbull, S., Valtorta, N., & Caan, W. (2017) · Public Health · doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2017.07.035 · Cited by 2,158 · see citing works
Systematic review of sedentary behaviour and health indicators in school-aged children and youth.
Tremblay, M. S., LeBlanc, A. G., Kho, M. E., Saunders, T. J., Larouche, R., Colley, R. C., Goldfield, G., & Gorber, S. (2011) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-8-98 · Cited by 2,085 · see citing works
Anderson, C. A., Shibuya, A., Ihori, N., Swing, E. L., Bushman, B. J., Sakamoto, A., Rothstein, H. R., & Saleem, M. (2010) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/a0018251 · Cited by 2,048 · see citing works
Social comparison, social media, and self-esteem.
Vogel, E. A., Rose, J. P., Roberts, L. R., & Eckles, K. (2014) · Psychology of Popular Media Culture · doi:10.1037/ppm0000047 · Cited by 1,418 · see citing works
Woods, H. C., & Scott, H. (2016) · Journal of Adolescence · doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.008 · Cited by 1,302 · see citing works
Lin, L. Y., Sidani, J. E., Shensa, A., Radovic, A., Miller, E., Colditz, J. B., Hoffman, B. L., Giles, L. M., & Primack, B. A. (2016) · Depression and Anxiety · doi:10.1002/da.22466 · Cited by 1,111 · see citing works
SCHULENBERG, J. E., SAMEROFF, A. J., & CICCHETTI, D. (2004) · Development and Psychopathology · doi:10.1017/s0954579404040015 · Cited by 663 · see citing works
Leech, R. M., McNaughton, S. A., & Timperio, A. (2014) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-11-4 · Cited by 579 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 23
- Bachman J.G. O'Malley P.M. Freedman-Doan P. Trzesniewski K.H. Donnellan M.B. Adolescent self-esteem: differences by race/ethnicity, gender, and age Self Identity 10 2011 445 473 22279425 PMC3263756
- Bailey K. West R. Anderson C.A. A negative association between video game experience and proactive cognitive control Psychophysiology 47 1 2010 34 42 19818048
- Bonny A.E. Britto M.T. Klostermann B.K. Hornung R.W. Slap G.B. School disconnectedness: identifying adolescents at risk Pediatrics 106 5 2000 1017 1021 11061769
- Bucksch J. Sigmundova D. Hamrik Z. Troped P.J. Melkevik O. Ahluwalia N. … Inchley J. International trends in adolescent screen-time behaviors from 2002 to 2010 J. Adolesc. Health 58 2016 417 425 26827267
- Busch V. Ananda Manders L. Rob Josephus de Leeuw J. Screen time associated with health behaviors and outcomes in adolescents Am. J. Health Behav. 37 2013 819 830 24001631
- Casiano H. Kinley D.J. Katz L.Y. Chartier M.J. Sareen J. Media use and health outcomes in adolescents: findings from a nationally representative survey J. Can. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 2012 216 296 301 23133464 PMC3490531
- Copeland W.E. Wolke D. Angold A. Costello E.J. Adult psychiatric outcomes of bullying and being bullied by peers in childhood and adolescence JAMA Psychiat. 70 2013 419 426 PMC3618584 23426798
- Freudenberg N. Ruglis J. Reframing school dropout as a public health issue Prev. Chronic Dis. 4 2007 1 11 PMC2099272 17875251
- Hallal P.C. Victora C.G. Azevedo M.R. Wells J.C. Adolescent physical activity and health Sports Med. 36 2006 1019 1030 17123326
- Hall-Lande J.A. Eisenberg M.E. Christenson S.L. Neumark-Sztainer D. Social isolation, psychological health, and protective factors in adolescence Adolescence 42 2007 265 286 17849936
- Katapally T.R. Thorisdottir A.S. Laxer R. Leatherdale S.T. The association of school connectedness and bullying involvement with multiple screen-time behaviours among youth in two Canadian provinces: a COMPASS study Health Promot. Chronic Dis. Prev. Can. 38 2018 368 379 30303657 PMC6197613
- Miller J.W. Naimi T.S. Brewer R.D. Jones S.E. Binge drinking and associated health risk behaviors among high school students Pediatrics 119 2007 76 85 17200273
- Newcomb M.D. Bentler P.M. Impact of adolescent drug use and social support on problems of young adults: a longitudinal study J. Abnorm. Psychol. 97 1988 64 75 3351114
- O'Brien W. Issartel J. Belton S. Relationship between physical activity, screen time and weight status among young adolescents Sports 6 3 2018 57 PMC6162488 29937496
- Plante C. Anderson C.A. Media, violence, aggression, and antisocial behavior: is the link causal? The Wiley Handbook of Violence and Aggression 2017 1 12
- Rosenberg M. Society and the Adolescent Self-image 1965 Princeton University Press Princeton, NJ
- Ryan R.M. Deci E.L. On happiness and human potentials: a review of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being Annu. Rev. Psychol. 52 1 2001 141 166 11148302
- Scal P. Ireland M. Borowsky I.W. Smoking among American adolescents: a risk and protective factor analysis J. Community Health 28 2003 79 97 12705311
- Sidani J.E. Shensa A. Radovic A. Miller E. Colditz J.B. Hoffman B.L. Giles L.M. Primack B.A. Association between social media use and depression among US young adults Depress. Anxiety 33 2016 323 331 26783723 PMC4853817
- Simonato I. Janosz M. Archambault I. Pagani L.S. Prospective associations between toddler televiewing and subsequent lifestyle habits in adolescence Prev. Med. 110 2018 24 30 29427671
- Spriggs A.L. Iannotti R.J. Nansel T.R. Haynie D.L. Adolescent bullying involvement and perceived family, peer and school relations: commonalities and differences across race/ethnicity J. Adolesc. Health 41 2007 283 293 17707299 PMC1989108
- Trzesniewski K.H. Donnellan M.B. Moffitt T.E. Robins R.W. Poulton R. Caspi Low self-esteem during adolescence predicts poor health, criminal behavior, and limited economic prospects during adulthood Dev. Psychol. 42 2006 381 390 16569175
- Wiecha J.L. Peterson K.E. Ludwig D.S. Kim J. Sobol A. Gortmaker S.L. When children eat what they watch: impact of television viewing on dietary intake in youth JAMA Pediatr. 160 2006 436 442 16585491
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction
Bhargava, V. R., & Velasquez, M. (2021) · Business Ethics Quarterly · doi:10.1017/beq.2020.32 · Cited by 292 · see citing works
- Authors
- Fitzpatrick, C., Burkhalter, R., & Asbridge, M.
- Affiliations
- Université Sainte-Anne (CA)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Fitzpatrick, C.
- Venue
- Preventive Medicine Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-06
- Volume
- 14
- Pages
- 100867
- ISSN
- 2211-3355 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6475662
- OpenAlex
- W2937747075
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 6.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Preventive Medicine Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Keywords
- adolescent media use, youth well-being, television viewing, internet use, academic performance, school connectedness, self-esteem, physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, bullying, substance use, Canadian youth, sociodemographic factors, gender differences, ethnicity, grade level, screen time limits
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
