Is Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Mental Health Related during Childhood, Preadolescence, and Adolescence? 11-Year Results from the German MoMo Cohort Trial.

Is Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Mental Health Related during Childhood, Preadolescence, and Adolescence? 11-Year Results from the German MoMo Cohort Trial. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Sep 05;: Authors: Nigg CR, Wunsch K, Nigg C, Niessner C, Jekauc D, Schmidt SCE, Woll A Abstract Mental health (MH) and behavioural health are fundamental to a good quality of life. Only few studies investigated the influence between behavioural health (e.g., physical activity (PA), screen-time (ST)) and MH from childhood to adolescence. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between PA and ST with MH by sex in a 11-year longitudinal cohort of German school children during 2003-2017. A German Motorik-Modul Cohort-Study subsample (N=686; 55.2% female; MageT1=5.57 years, SDageT1=1.00; MageT2=11.85 years, SDageT2=1.03; MageT3=16.86 years, SDageT3=1.04) who participated in all three measurements were analysed regarding PA, ST and MH (emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, prosocial behaviour, and overall strengths and difficulties). Path panel prediction models were run with T1, T2, and T3 PA, ST and MH indicators. PA predicted less television (TV)/video watching in females, and TV/video watching predicted personal computer (PC)/internet use in both sexes. Behaviour and MH results suggest for females higher TV/video and PC/internet use was related to higher MH challenges over maturation. Some...
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