Media use, attention, mental health and academic performance among 8 to 12 year old children.

ABSTRACT: The rise in digital media consumption, especially among children, raises the societal question of its impact on cognition, mental health and academic achievement. Here, we investigate three different ways of measuring technology use--total hours of media consumed, hours of video game play and number of media used concurrently--in 118 eight-to-twelve year-old children. At stake is the question of whether different technology uses have different effects, which could explain some of the past mixed findings. We collected data about children's media uses as well as (i) attentional and behavioral control abilities, (ii) psychological distress, psychosocial functioning, and sleep, and (iii) academic achievement and motivation. While attentional control abilities were assessed using both cognitive

SUBMITTER: Cardoso-Leite P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8598050 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature