Concurrent and Subsequent Associations Between Daily Digital Technology Use and High-Risk Adolescents' Mental Health Symptoms.
Abstract
Adolescents are spending an unprecedented amount of time using digital technologies
(especially mobile technologies), and there are concerns that adolescents' constant
connectivity is associated with poor mental health, particularly among at-risk adolescents.
Participants included 151 adolescents at risk for mental health problems (Mage = 13.1)
who completed a baseline assessment, 30-day ecological momentary assessment, and 18
month follow-up assessment. Results from multilevel regression models showed that
daily reports of both time spent using digital technologies and the number of text
messages sent were associated with increased same-day attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms. Adolescents' reported digital
technology usage and text messaging across the ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
period was also associated with poorer self-regulation and increases in conduct problem
symptoms between the baseline and follow-up assessments.
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10.1111/cdev.12819Publication Info
George, Madeleine J; Russell, Michael A; Piontak, Joy R; & Odgers, Candice L (2017). Concurrent and Subsequent Associations Between Daily Digital Technology Use and High-Risk
Adolescents' Mental Health Symptoms. Child Dev. 10.1111/cdev.12819. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/14566.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Candice L. Odgers
Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Candice Odgers is a Professor of Public Policy, Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke
University. Her research focuses on how social inequalities and early adversity influence
children’s future health and well-being, with an emphasis on how new technologies,
including mobile phones and web-based tools, can be used to understand and improve
the lives of young people. Odgers was a William T. Grant Scholar and the recipient
of early career awards from the American Psychological A

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