Table 3.
Hierarchical regression results with Mental health problems at T2 as outcome.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | (SE) | Beta | P-value | B | (SE) | Beta | P-value | B | SE | Beta | P-value | B | (SE) | Beta | P-value | |
| (Constant) | 1.505 | 0.120 | 0.000 | 0.866 | 0.128 | < 0.001 | 0.806 | 0.127 | < 0.001 | 0.865 | 0.122 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Gender (1 = female) | 0.359 | 0.052 | 0.263 | < 0.001 | 0.246 | 0.050 | 0.180 | < 0.001 | 0.264 | 0.050 | 0.193 | < 0.001 | 0.226 | 0.047 | 0.163 | < 0.001 |
| Life events at T2 (n = 1) | 0.262 | 0.064 | 0.168 | < 0.001 | 0.199 | 0.060 | 0.127 | < 0.001 | 0.216 | 0.059 | 0.138 | < 0.001 | 0.226 | 0.056 | 0.145 | < 0.001 |
| Life events at T2 (n ≥ 2) | 0.453 | 0.063 | 0.304 | < 0.001 | 0.337 | 0.059 | 0.226 | < 0.001 | 0.343 | 0.059 | 0.230 | < 0.001 | 0.309 | 0.056 | 0.204 | < 0.001 |
| Subjective SES at T2 (1 = not wealthy) | 0.018 | 0.054 | 0.013 | 0.738 | 0.016 | 0.050 | 0.011 | 0.751 | 0.016 | 0.050 | 0.011 | 0.748 | −0.018 | 0.047 | −0.013 | 0.694 |
| At-home living situation at T2 (1 = with 3 or more other people) | 0.092 | 0.056 | 0.064 | 0.097 | 0.102 | 0.051 | 0.071 | 0.046 | 0.099 | 0.051 | 0.069 | 0.051 | 0.069 | 0.049 | 0.046 | 0.163 |
| Use of screens for home schooling at T2 | 0.111 | 0.035 | 0.119 | 0.002 | 0.105 | 0.033 | 0.113 | 0.001 | 0.095 | 0.033 | 0.102 | 0.004 | 0.094 | 0.031 | 0.100 | 0.003 |
| Overall mental health problems at T1 | 0.372 | 0.037 | 0.371 | < 0.001 | 0.390 | 0.037 | 0.389 | < 0.001 | 0.401 | 0.036 | 0.394 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Internet useΔT2−T1 | −0.006 | 0.016 | −0.017 | 0.715 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Smartphone useΔT2−T1 | 0.007 | 0.018 | 0.019 | 0.699 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| MessagingΔT2−T1 | 0.015 | 0.016 | 0.041 | 0.364 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Video gamingΔT2−T1 | −0.020 | 0.015 | −0.050 | 0.171 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Social media useΔT2−T1 | 0.041 | 0.017 | 0.112 | 0.016 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Television viewingΔT2−T1 | −0.023 | 0.012 | −0.069 | 0.053 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Overall social screen timeΔT2−T1 | 0.036 | 0.015 | 0.083 | 0.014 | ||||||||||||
| R 2 | 0.188** | 0.311** | 0.326** | 0.301** | ||||||||||||
**p < 0.01. ΔT2−T1 = difference index between T2 and T1 (SE) = standard error.