Canadian researchers have found “weak but significant” associations between screen time and behavioural problems such as aggression, as well as emotional and mood disturbances in children after analysing 87 studies published from 1960 to 2021.
The team analysed 87 eligible studies from 595 articles, totalling over 159,000 participants aged 12 or younger and found that there is a relationship between adolescents’ screen time and exhibited externalised and internalised behavioural problems.
