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dc.contributor.authorKhan, Asaduzzaman
dc.contributor.authorUddin, Riaz
dc.contributor.authorBurton, Nicola W
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T13:08:35Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T13:08:35Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1876-3413
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/inthealth/ihy019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/381290
dc.description.abstractBackground: Although screen time (ST) and insufficient physical activity (PA) are fairly common among adolescents, it is unclear whether these conditions are jointly associated with adolescents’ psychosocial difficulties. This study aimed to examine interactive associations of ST and PA with psychosocial difficulties among adolescents in Bangladesh. Methods: Data were from 671 students (ages 13–16 y) from eight secondary schools of Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Recreational ST was assessed using the Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire. The 3-day Physical Activity Recall instrument was used to estimate PA. Psychosocial difficulty was measured using the parent version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Results: Sixteen percent of the adolescents had high SDQ total difficulties scores (≥17) and another 14% had moderate scores (14–16; borderline). Multivariable modelling showed that adolescents with high ST (>2 h/day) and insufficient PA (<60 min/day; not meeting the PA recommendation) had more psychosocial difficulties than their counterparts who had low ST and met PA recommendations (p=0.03). The analysis also found marginal evidence (p=0.06) of an association with psychosocial difficulties for adolescents with insufficient PA and low ST. Conclusions: Adolescents in Dhaka City who have high recreational ST and are not meeting PA recommendations are likely to also have psychosocial difficulties. Longitudinal studies are needed to understand the causal relationships between these variables.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom246
dc.relation.ispartofpageto251
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.titleInsufficient physical activity in combination with high screen time is associated with adolescents' psychosocial difficulties
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.rights.copyright© 2018 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in International Health following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Insufficient physical activity in combination with high screen time is associated withadolescents’ psychosocial difficulties, International Health, Volume 10, Issue 4, 1 July 2018, Pages 246–251, is available online at: 10072/381290
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gro.griffith.authorBurton, Nicola W.


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