Screen time and psychopathology: investigating directionality using cross-lagged panel models.

Patricia Bado, Julia Schafer, Andre R Simioni, Rodrigo A Bressan, Ary Gadelha, Pedro M Pan, Eurípedes C Miguel, Luis A Rohde, Giovanni A Salum

DOI: 10.1007/s00787-020-01675-5

Journal: European child & adolescent psychiatry

This study investigates the bidirectional associations between screen time and psychopathology (general, internalizing and externalizing), using a longitudinal design using data from a large school-based sample in both boys and girls.