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- Title
Are Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Mental Health Related During Childhood, Preadolescence, and Adolescence? 11-Year Results From the German Motorik-Modul Longitudinal Study.
- Authors
Nigg, Claudio R; Wunsch, Kathrin; Nigg, Carina; Niessner, Claudia; Jekauc, Darko; Schmidt, Steffen C E; Woll, Alexander
- Abstract
Mental health (MH) and behavioral health are fundamental to a good quality of life. Only a few studies have investigated the association between behavioral health (e.g. physical activity (PA), screen time (ST)) and MH from childhood to adolescence. Therefore, we investigated the relationships of PA and ST with MH by sex in an 11-year longitudinal cohort study of German schoolchildren during 2003–2017. A subsample (n = 686; 55.2% female) of participants from the German Motorik-Modul (MoMo) Longitudinal Study who participated in all 3 measurement phases (mean ages: time 1 (baseline; 2003–2006), 5.57 (standard deviation (SD), 1.00) years; time 2 (wave 1; 2009–2012), 11.85 (SD, 1.03) years; time 3 (wave 2; 2014–2017), 16.86 (SD, 1.04) years) were analyzed with regard to PA, ST, and MH (emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, prosocial behavior, and overall strengths and difficulties). Path panel prediction models were fitted with time 1, time 2, and time 3 PA, ST, and MH indicators. PA predicted less television (TV)/video watching in females, and TV/video watching predicted personal computer (PC)/Internet use in both sexes. Behavior and MH results suggested that, for females, higher TV/video watching and PC/Internet use was related to higher MH challenges over the course of maturation. Some preadolescent males' MH challenges increased ST (TV/video watching and PC/Internet use) in adolescence. Researchers should explore innovative and effective methods for reducing childhood ST, especially among females with early signs of MH issues, and addressing preadolescent males' MH challenges.
- Subjects
GERMANY; AUDIOVISUAL materials; STATISTICAL correlation; HEALTH behavior in adolescence; HEALTH behavior in children; HEALTH promotion; LONGITUDINAL method; MENTAL health; PUBERTY; SCHOOL children; SEX distribution; TELEVISION; PHYSICAL activity; SCREEN time; INTERNET access
- Publication
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2021, Vol 190, Issue 2, p220
- ISSN
0002-9262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/aje/kwaa192