Adolescent media use and its association to wellbeing in a Canadian national sample
Adolescent media use and its association to wellbeing in a Canadian national sample
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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 Creatine 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 a Half 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.Keywords: Media usage, Academic achievement, School connectedness, Physical activity, Self-esteem, Bullying, Fruits and vegetables, Wellbeing, Youth.