Long-term study of screen use in childhood and adolescence

Conditions

Internet Gaming Disorder Internet addiction disorder F63.8 F68.8 F63.8 F80 F82 F88 F90 F98

Juliane Schemmer, Hanno Krafft, Tobias Maurer, Silke Lange, Anke Emgenbroich et al. (8 authors)

PLoS ONE2025-05-191 citations

10.1371/journal.pone.0324012

Process evaluation of a Germany-wide complex intervention to prevent dysregulated screen time in under threes: a RE-AIM-approach

Juliane Schemmer, David Martín, Hanno Krafft, Tobias Maurer, Anke Emgenbroich et al. (7 authors)

Frontiers in Pediatrics2025-05-021 citations

10.3389/fped.2025.1382428

Screen Time, Nature, and Development: Baseline of the Randomized Controlled Study “Screen‐free till 3”

Silke Schwarz, Hanno Krafft, Tobias Maurer, Silke Lange, Juliane Schemmer et al. (10 authors)

Developmental Science2024-10-234 citations

10.1111/desc.13578

Interventions

Group 1: Families receive ongoing information on healthy use of screen media at multiple points in time and over several years. The time points corresponds to preventive and school entry examinations

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Parents of children born since 2022

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Parents of children born before 2022

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Families' screen use, outdoor activities, developmental diagnostic parameters, CIUS as a threshold for risky problematic and dependent Internet use, sociodemographic factors, and other health or lifestyle parameters, as well as intervention effectiveness, will be evaluated via quantitative and qualitative methods and subgroup clinical examinations.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Other parameters that have an influence on the screen time.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJuliane Schemmer

Gerhard-Kienle-Lehrstuhl, Universität Witten/Herdecke

Juliane.Schemmer@uni-wh.de+49 2330 / 62 3610

Outcome results

None listed