%0 Journal Article
%T Screens, Teens, and Psychological Well
%A Amy Orben
%A Andrew K. Przybylski
%J Psychological Science
%@ 1467-9280
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0956797619830329
%X The notion that digital-screen engagement decreases adolescent well-being has become a recurring feature in public, political, and scientific conversation. The current level of psychological evidence, however, is far removed from the certainty voiced by many commentators. There is little clear-cut evidence that screen time decreases adolescent well-being, and most psychological results are based on single-country, exploratory studies that rely on inaccurate but popular self-report measures of digital-screen engagement. In this study, which encompassed three nationally representative large-scale data sets from Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom (N = 17,247 after data exclusions) and included time-use-diary measures of digital-screen engagement, we used both exploratory and confirmatory study designs to introduce methodological and analytical improvements to a growing psychological research area. We found little evidence for substantial negative associations between digital-screen engagement¡ªmeasured throughout the day or particularly before bedtime¡ªand adolescent well-being
%K large-scale social data
%K digital technology use
%K adolescents
%K well-being
%K time-use diary
%K specification-curve analysis
%K open materials
%K preregistered
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797619830329