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Professor Mireille B Toledano

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Mohn Chair; Population Child Health & Director-Mohn Centre
 
 
 
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525Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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@article{Jenkins:2020:10.1016/j.chb.2020.106320,
author = {Jenkins, R and Shen, C and Dumontheil, I and Thomas, MSC and Elliott, P and Roosli, M and Toledano, M},
doi = {10.1016/j.chb.2020.106320},
journal = {Computers in Human Behavior},
pages = {1--10},
title = {Social networking site use in young adolescents: association with health-related quality of life and behavioural difficulties},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106320},
volume = {109},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Despite Social Networking Sites (SNS) having a minimum age of 13, younger adolescents are using them. In this study, we examine self-reported overall SNS use and SNS use if awake at night in relation to Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL, measured by KIDSCREEN-10) and behaviour (measured by Strengths and DifficultiesQuestionnaire, SDQ) in 5229 adolescents aged 11–12 in the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones (SCAMP) cohort. Two-thirds of the study population used SNS. Weekday and weekend SNS use on mobile phones and other devices was significantly associated with lower HRQOL in females (all p-values for linear trend < 0.01) but not males. Using SNS if awake at night was also significantly associated with lower HRQOL in females (adjustedβ-coefficient - 2.20 (95% CI - 3.18, - 1.22)). Higher SNS use on mobile phones and other devices was associated with increased behavioural difficulties in both genders (p-value for trend < 0.001). Similarly, SNS useif awake at night was associated with greater behavioural difficulties (adjusted β-coefficient 2.54 (95% CI 2.09, 2.98)). We recommend further longitudinal research in this area in order have a better understanding of the direction of relationships between SNS and wellbeing and behaviour in adolescents.
AU  - Jenkins,R
AU  - Shen,C
AU  - Dumontheil,I
AU  - Thomas,MSC
AU  - Elliott,P
AU  - Roosli,M
AU  - Toledano,M
DO  - 10.1016/j.chb.2020.106320
EP  - 10
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0747-5632
SP  - 1
TI  - Social networking site use in young adolescents: association with health-related quality of life and behavioural difficulties
T2  - Computers in Human Behavior
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106320
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563220300741?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79838
VL  - 109
ER  -
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