Screen Time Correlates of Bullying Perpetration and Victimization in Brazilian Adolescents.
Bruno Nunes Oliveira, Priscila Cristina Dos Santos, Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, Luís Eduardo Argenta Malheiros, Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes, Kelly Samara Silva
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Bruno Nunes Oliveira: Research Center for Physical Activity and Health, School of Sports, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Brazil. ORCID
Priscila Cristina Dos Santos: Research Center for Physical Activity and Health, School of Sports, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Brazil. ORCID
Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa: Research Center for Physical Activity and Health, School of Sports, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Brazil. ORCID
Luís Eduardo Argenta Malheiros: Research Center for Physical Activity and Health, School of Sports, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Brazil. ORCID
Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes: Research Center for Physical Activity and Health, School of Sports, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Brazil. ORCID
Kelly Samara Silva: Research Center for Physical Activity and Health, School of Sports, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Brazil. ORCID
This study is an investigation of the associations of time spent in different screen time activities with bullying among Brazilian adolescents. In this cross-sectional study, adolescents answered questions related to bullying in the past 30 days and reported the weekly volume of screen time spent studying, working, watching videos, playing video games, and using social media applications. Multilevel logistic regression models were used. Our results indicate that higher social media use was associated with higher odds of bullying victimization among males but not females. Excessive use of screen time for work and social media purposes was associated with a higher likelihood of bullying victimization.