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Background <p>It has been proposed that early-life screen use can impact the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Some studies have supported a weak association between higher levels of screen time and ADHD symptoms; however, this association is vulnerable to confounding and a causal explanation remains controversial.</p> Methods <p>To help address confounding in this association, we conducted inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) analyses in a large UK-representative longitudinal sample to examine the impact of TV/video viewing at age 3 on ADHD symptoms at age 5.</p> Results <p>Adjusting for confounding, we found that both no TV/video viewing and viewing more than 3&#xa0;h of TV/video compared to between 1 and 3&#xa0;h were associated with increased ADHD symptoms. However, the effect of no TV/video viewing was mirrored in a negative outcome control analysis, suggesting potential residual confounding.</p> Conclusions <p>Results are consistent with claims that high levels of TV/video viewing in preschool years may impact the development of ADHD symptoms. Trial-based research which examines the impact of reducing high levels of TV/video viewing in this age group would be merited to further illuminate this association and assess whether it is likely to reflect a causal effect.</p> Clinical trial number <p>Not applicable.</p>

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The effects of tv/video viewing hours on later ADHD symptoms: a counterfactual analysis in longitudinal population-representative data

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    2025年9月1日

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  • Aja Murray,
  • Hannah Casey,
  • Helen Wright,
  • Xinxin Zhu,
  • Yi Yang,
  • Xuefei Li,
  • Zhuoni Xiao,
  • Josiah King,
  • Kasia Kostyrka-Allchorne,
  • Edmund Sonuga-Barke

摘要

Background

It has been proposed that early-life screen use can impact the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Some studies have supported a weak association between higher levels of screen time and ADHD symptoms; however, this association is vulnerable to confounding and a causal explanation remains controversial.

Methods

To help address confounding in this association, we conducted inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) analyses in a large UK-representative longitudinal sample to examine the impact of TV/video viewing at age 3 on ADHD symptoms at age 5.

Results

Adjusting for confounding, we found that both no TV/video viewing and viewing more than 3 h of TV/video compared to between 1 and 3 h were associated with increased ADHD symptoms. However, the effect of no TV/video viewing was mirrored in a negative outcome control analysis, suggesting potential residual confounding.

Conclusions

Results are consistent with claims that high levels of TV/video viewing in preschool years may impact the development of ADHD symptoms. Trial-based research which examines the impact of reducing high levels of TV/video viewing in this age group would be merited to further illuminate this association and assess whether it is likely to reflect a causal effect.

Clinical trial number

Not applicable.