APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Does Exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events Moderate the Longitudinal Relationship between Mental Health and Problematic Media Use? Moderated Multiple Mediation Analyses within the ABCD Study
- Dunja Tutus
Competence Center Public Child Mental Health - Dunja Tutus
German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) - Dunja Tutus
Ulm University - Jörg Fegert
Competence Center Public Child Mental Health - Jörg Fegert
Ulm University - Jörg Fegert
German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) - Ann-Christin Haag
Competence Center Public Child Mental Health - Ann-Christin Haag
German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) - Ann-Christin Haag
Ulm University
Abstract
Data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study was analyzed to investigate whether problematic media use (PMU) mediates longitudinal changes in mental health, and if trauma exposure moderates this relationship. Analyses indicated that mental health problems and trauma exposure independently contributed to PMU, which subsequently exacerbated mental health problems.
