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Screen time causes depression in adolescents.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that screen time causes depression in adolescents?

Unclear. Several studies report associations between heavier screen use and depressive symptoms in adolescents, but these are largely cross-sectional or correlational and the longitudinal work describes only small adverse effects, so the evidence covers a weaker, non-causal version of the claim.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 6 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 6
Screen time
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Screen time. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_time

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Screen time effects on adolescent mental health
2025
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Screen time effects on adolescent mental health. (2025). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.69622/28750280.v2

Adolescents’ screen time displaces multiple sleep pathways and elevates depressive symptoms over twelve months
2025
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Hökby, S., Alvarsson, J., Westerlund, J., Carli, V., & Hadlaczky, G. (2025). Adolescents’ screen time displaces multiple sleep pathways and elevates depressive symptoms over twelve months. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004262

Social Media and Adolescents: Exploring Links to Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
2024
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Yadav, S. & Khullar, L. (2024). Social Media and Adolescents: Exploring Links to Depression, Anxiety, and Stress. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.63960/sp.2024.sijmds.1.2.19

Excessive Screen Time is Associated with Mental Health Problems and ADHD in US Children and Adolescents: Physical Activity and Sleep as Parallel Mediators
2025
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Dai, Y. & Ouyang, N. (2025). Excessive Screen Time is Associated with Mental Health Problems and ADHD in US Children and Adolescents: Physical Activity and Sleep as Parallel Mediators. arxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-06609-1

Combined patterns of physical activity, screen-based sedentary behaviour, and sleep duration and their associations with depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents
2025
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Combined patterns of physical activity, screen-based sedentary behaviour, and sleep duration and their associations with depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents. (2025). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1691683

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