The association between screen time and mental health during COVID-19: A cross sectional study

Affiliations

¹ The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT. Electronic address: lee.smith@anglia.ac.uk.
² Faculty of Medicine University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 78180 Montigny-le- Bretonneux, France Research and Development Unit Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM Dr. Antoni Pujadas 42, Sant Boi de Llobregat, 08830, Barcelona, Spain.
³ The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT.
⁴ Northern Ireland Public Health Research Network and the School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland.
⁵ Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT.
⁶ Health and Social Care Research & Development Division, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland.
⁷ School of Psychology and Sport, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT.
⁸ Department of Sports Methods and Techniques, Federal University of Santa, Maria, Brazil.
⁹ Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Physical Medicine and Nursing, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
¹¹ Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
¹² Centre for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
¹³ Institute of Mental Health Sciences School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK.

Lee Smith et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct:292:113333.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113333. Epub 2020 Jul 25.

¹ The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT. Electronic address: lee.smith@anglia.ac.uk.
² Faculty of Medicine University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 78180 Montigny-le- Bretonneux, France Research and Development Unit Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM Dr. Antoni Pujadas 42, Sant Boi de Llobregat, 08830, Barcelona, Spain.
³ The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT.
⁴ Northern Ireland Public Health Research Network and the School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland.
⁵ Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT.
⁶ Health and Social Care Research & Development Division, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland.
⁷ School of Psychology and Sport, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 1PT.
⁸ Department of Sports Methods and Techniques, Federal University of Santa, Maria, Brazil.
⁹ Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Physical Medicine and Nursing, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
¹¹ Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
¹² Centre for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
¹³ Institute of Mental Health Sciences School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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