A massive international analysis finds more screen time is associated with a lower sense of well-being among teenagers, but the effects are too small to require policy changes, according to a study in the journal Nature Human Behavior.
Screen time explained .04 percent of the differences in well-being among adolescents. By contrast, being bullied, smoking, getting enough sleep, eating breakfast, or wearing glasses all accounted for more of the difference.
A version of this article appeared in the January 23, 2019 edition of Education Week as Education Technology
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