USA Today (11/1, Rodriguez) reports research indicates “recreational screen time for teens skyrocketed” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. According to USA Today, “using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, a large, long-term study of brain development,” investigators “compared 5,412 participants’ screen time from 2016 to their screen time in May 2020” and found “screen time outside of virtual school among teenagers doubled from pre-pandemic estimates of 3.8 hours per day to 7.7 hours.” The findings were published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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— “Screen time among teenagers during COVID more than doubled outside of virtual school, study finds “Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, November 1, 2021