Association between psychological distress and elevated use of electronic devices among U.S. adolescents: Results from the youth risk behavior surveillance 2009-2017.

摘要: Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to provide updated information about the prevalence and temporal trends elevated use electronic devices (EUED) in leisure time (i.e., 3 h or more on an average school day) nationally representative samples U.S. adolescents recent years determine whether there is a significant association between EUED psychological distress. Methods We used national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data from 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 (N = 75,807). Propensity score matching reduce selection bias due potential confounding factors with EUED. Ordinal logistic regression analyses were performed for matched predict Results youth has substantially increased 24.9% 2009 43.1% (p  Conclusions distress simultaneously past several years. Future longitudinal studies are warranted examine causal and/or reciprocal relationship two.