The Challenges of Defining and Studying “Digital Addiction” in Children

In this Viewpoint, JAMA Pediatrics Editor Dimitri Christakis discusses the conceptual and methodological challenges of studying digital media use by children and adolescents, and calls on the leadership of device and social media companies to collaborate with child health researchers, sharing data a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2019-06, Vol.321 (23), p.2277-2278
1. Verfasser:	Christakis, Dimitri A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Addictions Adolescent Adolescent Behavior - psychology Adolescents Behavior, Addictive Behavioral Research - methods Child Child Behavior - psychology Children Computers - statistics & numerical data Digital broadcasting Digital media Humans Internet Leadership Pediatrics Research Design Social Media - statistics & numerical data Video Games - psychology Video Games - statistics & numerical data
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Zusammenfassung:	In this Viewpoint, JAMA Pediatrics Editor Dimitri Christakis discusses the conceptual and methodological challenges of studying digital media use by children and adolescents, and calls on the leadership of device and social media companies to collaborate with child health researchers, sharing data as the companies already do with advertisers, to help mediate digital media use in the best interest of children.
ISSN:	0098-7484 1538-3598
DOI:	10.1001/jama.2019.4690