The relationship between behavioral problems and screen time in children during COVID-19 school closures in Japan

Ueno, Chika; Yamamoto, Shuichi

doi:10.21307/sjcapp-2022-001

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“…Moreover, screen time has other physical and psychological impacts on school children. For example, a recent study of 959 children in Japan found that those who reported longer screen time had greater body weight gain and had more behavioral problems such as irritability, inability to stop playing video games, frequent fights with siblings, excessive dependence on parents, and refusal to sleep independently [ 11 ]. In the United States, a national random sample of 2–17-year-olds also found that more hours of daily screen time were associated with lower psychological wellbeing, including less curiosity, lower self-control, more distractibility, more difficulty making friends, less emotional stability, being more difficult to care for, and inability to finish tasks [ 12 ].…”

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Let Us Avoid a ‘Myopic View’ in Times of COVID-19

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people from almost all facets of life and it’s impact is extremely palpable among students. In this review paper, we discuss about the risk factors for myopia progression that were exacerbated by the pandemic, which are supported by evidence from studies published recently. It is imperative that measures are put in place to address the rising incidence of myopia so as to prevent the impending myopia pandemic.

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Let Us Avoid a ‘Myopic View’ in Times of COVID-19

2022

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“…The findings of the literature examining how video game play is associated with well-being (or mental health) have been mixed. Negative associations are mostly reported by observational studies [5,6,7,8,2], while a few laboratory experiments studying the effect of violent games also report negative associations [9,10]. Positive associations are reported by both observational studies and laboratory experiments [11,12,13,14,15,16].…”

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“…The number of people who play games has become historically high, close to three billion people worldwide, and the quantity of play increased [1]. Yet, the increase in video game engagement has also created a stronger concern about the possibility that games may negatively affect health (for example, [2]). In particular, policymakers, researchers, and public stakeholders have paid special attention to game addiction and potential harm to well-being or mental health.…”

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Causal effect of video game play on mental well-being: a quasi-experimental study among Japanese population

Egami¹,

Yamamoto²,

Wakabayashi³

2022

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The number of people who play video games has become close to three billion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, video games' causal effect on well-being has been understudied, and most studies have relied on correlation. We select k6 and SWLS for measuring well-being and apply causal inference methods. We take advantage of a natural experiment where lotteries for purchasing video game consoles---the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 5---created a random variation in access to video games. Using online surveys with 100,000 responses from Japanese aged 10-69 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that video game play impacts users' well-being positively. Winning a game console lottery positively affects well-being by 0.2 SD for the Nintendo Switch and 0.1-0.2 SD for the PlayStation 5. The instrumental variable approach indicates that owning a new game console has a positive impact on well-being by 0.6 SD for the Nintendo Switch and 0.1-0.2 SD for the PlayStation 5. In addition, a machine learning method reveals a striking difference between the heterogeneous effects of the two video game consoles. While the PlayStation 5 effect is smaller for teenagers, married, non-gamers, and females, such heterogeneity is not found for the Nintendo Switch effect.

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“…1,2 The school closure due to COVID-19 caused behavioral problems, body weight gain, and an increase in screen time. 3,4 While schools were closed within the scope of pandemic measures, reports began to appear in several studies that keeping schools closed had a limited effect on reducing the transmission of COVID-19 in the community. 5 The first COVID-19 case in Türkiye was detected on March 11, 2020.…”

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SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Students after the Full Reopening of Schools

Bayhan

Akça

Çağlar³

et al. 2022

J Pediatr Infect Dis

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Objective Closing of schools within the scope of the pandemic measures and switching to online education have negatively affected the mental and physical health of children as well as their education. The effect of complete reopening of schools on the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is not fully known. In the 2021–2022 academic year, the Ministry of National Education of Türkiye has decided to continue face-to-face education at all levels and in all private and public schools, by following a series of measures. There are no studies on school transmission reported from Türkiye since then. This study aimed to assess the dynamics of coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) transmission in schools by evaluating the data of the school contact screening outpatient clinic of a tertiary children's hospital. Methods According to the Ministry of National Education guidelines in Türkiye, all students in a class with two polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–confirmed COVID-19 cases are sent to their homes and have a SARS-CoV-2 PCR test on the fifth day. While the students with negative test results return to school, students who test positive continue to stay at home until the 10th day. The current study retrospectively analyzed the screening results of primary, middle, and high school students who presented at the school contact screening polyclinic during the first semester of the 2021–2022 academic season. Discussion There were a total of 11,608 presentations to the school contact screening polyclinic, and 1,107 children tested positive with SARS-CoV-2 PCR (9.5%). The median weekly positivity rate was 9.7% in primary school, 9.4% in middle school, and 5.6% in high school. The weekly positivity rate increased from the 16th week at all school levels; the positivity rates ran in parallel before this time but significantly increased from the 16th week to the half-term break. Conclusion The curve of the positivity rates in schools was similar to Türkiye's pandemic curve. In this respect, the low SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools correlated with the low number of cases in the community.

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The relationship between behavioral problems and screen time in children during COVID-19 school closures in Japan

Cited by 10 publications

References 39 publications

Let Us Avoid a ‘Myopic View’ in Times of COVID-19

Let Us Avoid a ‘Myopic View’ in Times of COVID-19

Causal effect of video game play on mental well-being: a quasi-experimental study among Japanese population

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Students after the Full Reopening of Schools

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