School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, D09 NA55 Dublin, Ireland.
INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin City University, D09 NA55 Dublin, Ireland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 30;18(17):9143. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179143.
Increased screen time has been found to be associated with a number of negative health and wellbeing indicators in youth populations. An increasing number of studies have investigated the association between screen time and wellbeing in adolescents, but evidence in younger children is still emerging. This 2017 study explored the effect of leisure screen time and gender on dimensions of wellbeing (measured using KIDSCREEN-27) in a national sample of 897 Irish primary school children aged 8-12 years. Participants had a mean age of 10.9 ± 1.16 years and were 47.7% female. Just over 30% of the sample accumulated 2 h or more of leisure screen time daily. Results show that there was no significant interaction between screen time category (<2 h/2 h + daily) and gender on overall wellbeing, while controlling for BMI. Children who self-reported <2 h of leisure screen time scored significantly higher on four dimensions of wellbeing: physical, parental, peers, and school, but not psychological. This study supports the growing evidence of the impact that leisure screen time has on health. Further longitudinal research investigating the impact of sub-categories of leisure screen time behaviour on wellbeing is warranted.
屏幕时间的增加与年轻人的许多负面健康和幸福指标有关。越来越多的研究调查了屏幕时间与青少年幸福感之间的关系，但针对年幼儿童的证据仍在不断涌现。这项 2017 年的研究调查了休闲屏幕时间和性别对全国范围内 897 名 8-12 岁爱尔兰小学生（使用 KIDSCREEN-27 进行衡量）幸福感各维度的影响。参与者的平均年龄为 10.9 ± 1.16 岁，其中 47.7%为女性。略多于 30%的样本每天累计有 2 小时或更多的休闲屏幕时间。结果表明，在控制 BMI 的情况下，屏幕时间类别（<2 小时/2 小时+每天）和性别之间没有显著的相互作用对整体幸福感有影响。自我报告休闲屏幕时间<2 小时的儿童在四个幸福感维度（身体、父母、同伴和学校）上的得分显著更高，但在心理维度上没有。这项研究支持了越来越多的证据，即休闲屏幕时间对健康有影响。需要进一步进行纵向研究，调查休闲屏幕时间行为的亚类对幸福感的影响。
