International journal of public health
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Int J Public Health · Feb 2015
Comparative StudyMedia use and depression: exposure, household rules, and symptoms among young adolescents in the USA.
To determine the longitudinal and cross-sectional associations between different types of electronic media use (mobile phones, TV, computers, video games, and music) and young adolescents' depressive symptoms, and to explore the potential for household media rules to reduce young people's depression. ⋯ Both TV viewing and mobile phone use may contribute to the development of depressive symptoms. Implementing household rules about the duration and content of TV could help reduce depression in young adolescents.