@article{ref1,
title="Screens, teens, and psychological well-being: evidence from three time-use-diary studies",
journal="Psychological science",
year="2019",
author="Orben, Amy and Przybylski, Andrew K.",
volume="30",
number="5",
pages="682-696",
abstract="The notion that digital-screen engagement decreases adolescent well-being has become a recurring feature in public, political, and scientific conversation. The current level of psychological evidence, however, is far removed from the certainty voiced by many commentators. There is little clear-cut evidence that screen time decreases adolescent well-being, and most psychological results are based on single-country, exploratory studies that rely on inaccurate but popular self-report measures of digital-screen engagement. In this study, which encompassed three nationally representative large-scale data sets from Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom ( N = 17,247 after data exclusions) and included time-use-diary measures of digital-screen engagement, we used both exploratory and confirmatory study designs to introduce methodological and analytical improvements to a growing psychological research area. We found little evidence for substantial negative associations between digital-screen engagement-measured throughout the day or particularly before bedtime-and adolescent well-being.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0956-7976",
doi="10.1177/0956797619830329",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797619830329"
}