Study of 292,000 children finds screen use both predicts and follows emotional struggles

Study of 292,000 children finds screen use both predicts and follows emotional struggles

A new study provides the strongest evidence to date that screen use and socioemotional problems in children are linked in both directions. Published in the journal Psychological Bulletin, the comprehensive meta-analysis of 117 longitudinal studies involving more than 292,000 children found that increased screen use slightly predicted later emotional or behavioral difficulties—and that children with existing socioemotional problems were also slig…

Excessive Screen Time for Children Causes Negative Behaviors – Study

Spending too much time in front of screens such as phones, tablets or televisions, can lead to emotional and behavioral problems in children—and those problems may lead to even more screen use, according to a major new study. The research, published in the journal Psychological Bulletin, was carr