Television viewing and its association with sedentary behaviors, self-rated health and academic performance among secondary school students in Peru.
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The study assessed television viewing >2 h a day and its association with sedentary behaviors, self-rated health, and academic performance among secondary school adolescents. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among randomly selected students in Lima in 2015. We measured self-reported responses of students using a standard questionnaire, and conducted in-depth interviews with 10 parents and 10 teachers. Chi-square test, correlation and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed among 1234 students, and thematic analysis technique was used for qualitative information. A total of 23.1% adolescents reported watching television >2 h a day. Qualitative findings also show that adolescents spend most of their leisure time watching television, playing video games or using the Internet. Television viewing had a significant positive correlation with video game use in males and older adolescents, with Internet use in both sexes, and a negative correlation with self-rated health and academic performance in females. Multivariate logistic regression analysis shows that television viewing >2 h a day, independent of physical activity was associated with video games use >2 h a day, Internet use >2 h a day, poor/fair self-rated health and poor self-reported academic performance. Television viewing time and sex had a significant interaction effect on both video game use >2 h a day and Internet use >2 h a day. Reducing television viewing time may be an effective strategy for improving health and academic performance in adolescents.
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Our results concur with previous research showing an inverse association of television viewing with composite scores, language, and mathematics.
“Regarding the association between the duration of individual screen-based activities and academic performance, our results concur with previous research showing an inverse association of television viewing with composite scores, 29,64,66,71 language, 59,67 and mathematics.59,77”
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The Results (section 3.1; page unavailable) report a negative correlation between television viewing and self-reported academic performance among secondary school students in Peru. But the Methods (section 2.2.2; page unavailable) show that performance was measured with a single self-rating question, not a composite score. The language and mathematics findings have separate citations in the citing sentence and are not attributed to this paper. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Sharma, B., Cosme Chavez, R., Jeong, A., & Nam, E.
- Affiliations
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Yonsei Global Health Center, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Korea
- Cheongju University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Nam, Eun
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2017-04-05
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 383
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5409584
- OpenAlex
- W2604370874
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 1.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Korea International Cooperation Agency (P2013-00151-1)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Keywords
- television viewing, sedentary behavior, self-rated health, academic performance, high school students, adolescents, video game use, internet use, leisure, sex differences, Lima
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Educational Status, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Leisure Activities, Male, Peru, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Social Environment, Students, Television, Time Factors, Exercise, Chi-Square Distribution, Video Games, Internet, Sedentary Behavior, Self Report
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