The Impacts of Excessive

Screen Time on
Adolescence’s Mental
Health
Felicia Lomewa
G118710, Z5445348
Commerce/2022
 Mental
Other 45%
55% Health
Diseases
Diseases

(Babic, 2017)
 Outline
Brief overview of screen time
1 in our current period
Purpose:
examine its
closeness with
Analyse the cause and
2 effects based on evidences
mental health
examine practical
strategies
Strategies to mitigate the
3 (solutions)
excessive screen time
issue
 Brief Overview
Gadgets are among the
1 most essential
sociability activities

Psychological well-
2 being is being content
with life

Psychological challenges
3 are alike with mental health
illnesses
Problem Analysis
 Cause 1: Close attachment with
technologies

median = 5.3 hours

(Hrafnkelsdottir, 2018)
 Cause 2: Low Parental Support
Factors of Internet Use
Time Lower Socio-
spent economic Status
The strongest
together 16.8% protective factor is
27.2% parental
Parental Care monitoring.
11.2% The main risk
factor of EIU is
parental
Parental
overprotection
Parental Monitoring
Overprotection 5.9%
39%
(Faltýnková, 2020)
 Effect : Lower Mental Health
1 Stress/Anxiety
Impacts:
poor performances
2 Complusive Symptoms
lacking strengths
bad relationships
3 Depressive Symptoms

4 Internalizing

5 Externalizing

(Throuvala, 2021)
Strategies
Solution 1: Limitation: Adolescents
Guiding teenagers might become more aggresive
towards a more Benefit: Adolescents will
active lifestyle have a more active lifestyle

RR = relative risk
VPA = Vigorous physical activity (Hrafnkelsdottir, 2018)
 Solution 2: Optimal Parenting Balance
Parental Parental
Care 33.3% 33.3% Protection

Limitation: People do
not change overnight

Benefit: Adolescents
33.3%
will spend time more
Parental with their parents

(Faltýnková, 2020) Monitoring

 Conclusion
Excessive screen time is damaging
adolescents' mental health

Close attachment with technologies and low

parental support can jeapordise types of mental
health

Engaging in more physcial activity and

optimal parenting balance can mitigate it
 Suggestion

Health agencies
need to cooperate Hire a
together with counselor and
school groups to hold a seminar
ensure an adequate to endorse a
amount of physical positive
activity mindset
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Hrafnkelsdottir, S., Brychta, R., Rognvaldsdottir, V., Gestsdottir, S., Chen, K., Johannsson, E., Guðmundsdottir,
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Thank you !