Table 2.
Associations of time spent using technology with academic performance and school connectedness among adolescent females and males.
Academic Performance | School Connectedness | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Females (n = 2802) |
Males (n = 2035) |
Females (n = 2802) |
Males (n = 2035) |
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OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
Model 1 | ||||||||
Technology use | ||||||||
2 h or less | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
3 to 4 h | 0.71 | 0.52 – 0.95 | 1.09 | 0.85–1.40 | 1.00 | 0.82–1.23 | 1.10 | 0.85–1.43 |
5 h or more | 0.44 | 0.33–0.59 | 0.67 | 0.51–0.89 | 0.70 | 0.56–0.88 | 0.64 | 0.50–0.82 |
Model 2 | ||||||||
Technology use | ||||||||
2 h or less | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
3 to 4 h | 0.69 | 0.52–0.91 | 1.13 | 0.88–1.45 | 1.00 | 0.81–1.23 | 1.11 | 0.85–1.45 |
5 h or more | 0.46 | 0.34–0.61 | 0.73 | 0.55–0.98 | 0.75 | 0.60–0.93 | 0.72 | 0.56–0.92 |
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted for age, ethnoracial background, subjective socioeconomic status, tobacco cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and cannabis use. Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05.