Evaluating computer screen time and its possible link to psychopathology in the context of age: A cross-sectional study of parents and children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Segev, Aviv ^a,c   Mimouni Bloch, Aviva ^b,c   Ross, Sharon ^b   Silman, Zmira ^d   Maoz, Hagai ^a,c   Bloch, Yuval ^a,c  

^a SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMPULSION; COMPUTER SCREEN TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84951131686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140542     Document Type: Article

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