Table 2.
Average time (in hours and minutes) spent on screen activities, by depression trajectory
| Screen activity | Depression trajectory | Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | ||
| Social media | Low - stable | 0 h 50 m | 0 h 57 m | 1 h 10 m | 1 h 33 m | 1 h 34 m | 1 h 59 m |
| Low - increasing | 1 h 29 m | 1 h 47 m | 2 h 58 m | 2 h 14 m | 2 h 09 m | 2 h 50 m | |
| High - decreasing | 1 h 31 m | 2 h 02 m | 2 h 12 m | 2 h 50 m | 2 h 51 m | 3 h 25 m | |
| Gaming | Low - stable | 1 h 44 m | 1 h 34 m | 1 h 26 m | 1 h 04 m | 0 h 47 m | 0 h 32 m |
| Low - increasing | 1 h 57 m | 2 h 03 m | 3 h 15 m | 1 h 32 m | 1 h 22 m | 1 h 34 m | |
| High - decreasing | 3 h 01 m | 2 h 48 m | 2 h 46 m | 1 h 57 m | 1 h 25 m | 1 h 23 m | |
| Web | Low - stable | 1 h 13 m | 1 h 17 m | 1 h 22 m | 1 h 54 m | 1 h 47 m | 1 h 58 m |
| Low - increasing | 1 h 32 m | 2 h 02 m | 2 h 55 m | 2 h 05 m | 2 h 13 m | 2 h 41 m | |
| High - decreasing | 1 h 53 m | 2 h 04 m | 2 h 12 m | 2 h 30 m | 2 h 24 m | 2 h 28 m | |
| TV/passive | Low - stable | 2 h 01 m | 1 h 51 m | 1 h 50 m | 2 h 39 m | 2 h 30 m | 2 h 26 m |
| Low - increasing | 2 h 28 m | 2 h 33 m | 4 h 01 m | 3 h 06 m | 3 h 07 m | 3 h 40 m | |
| High - decreasing | 2 h 42 m | 2 h 38 m | 2 h 50 m | 3 h 34 m | 3 h 18 m | 3 h 32 m | |
| Total screen time | Low - stable | 3 h 01 m | 3 h 03 m | 3 h 14 m | 4 h 13 m | 3 h 50 m | 3 h 53 m |
| Low - increasing | 3 h 11 m | 3 h 36 m | 4 h 58 m | 4 h 02 m | 4 h 26 m | 5 h 11 m | |
| High - decreasing | 3 h 57 m | 4 h 33 m | 4 h 19 m | 4 h 43 m | 4 h 56 m | 5 h 03 m | |