Jason M Nagata, Jonathan Chu, Gabriel Zamora, Kyle T Ganson, Alexander Testa, Dylan B Jackson, Caitlin R Costello, Stuart B Murray, Fiona C Baker
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to determine the prospective associations between baseline screen time and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at 2-year follow-up in a national (United States) cohort of 9- to 10-year-old children. METHODS: We analyzed prospective cohort data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (n = 9,208). Logistic regression analyses were used to determine the associations between baseline self-reported screen time (exposure) and OCD, based on the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (outcome), at 2-year-follow-up, adjusting for race/ethnicity, sex, household income, parent education, family history of psychopathology, and study site, excluding participants with baseline OCD...
March 2023: Journal of Adolescent Health