Adolescent screen usage is ubiquitous and influences development and behavior. Longitudinal screen usage data coupled with psychometrically valid constructs of problematic behaviors can provide insights into these relationships. We describe methods by which the screen usage questionnaire was developed in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, demonstrate longitudinal changes in screen usage via child report and describe data harmonization baseline-year 2. We further include psychometric analyses of adapted social media and video game addiction scales completed by youth. Nearly 12,000 children ages 9-10 years at baseline and their parents were included in the analyses. The social media addiction questionnaire (SMAQ) showed similar factor structure and item loadings across sex and race/ethnicities, but that item intercepts varied across both sex and race/ethnicity. The videogame addiction questionnaire (VGAQ) demonstrated the same configural, metric and scalar invariance across racial and ethnic groups, however differed across sex. Video gaming and online social activity increased over ages 9/10-11/12 (p's < 0.001). Compared with boys, girls engaged in greater social media use (p < .001) and demonstrated higher ratings on the SMAQ (p < .001). Compared with girls, boys played more video games (p < .001) and demonstrated higher ratings on the VGAQ (p < .001). Time spent playing video games increased more steeply for boys than girls from age 9/10-11/12 years (p < .001). Black youth demonstrated significantly higher SMAQ and VGAQ scores compared to all other racial/ethnic groups. These data show the importance of considering different screen modalities beyond total screen use and point towards clear demographic differences in use patterns. With these comprehensive data, ABCD is poised to address critical questions about screen usage changes across adolescence.

Center for Behavioral Health Research University of Tennessee Knoxville TN USA

Center for Health Sciences SRI International Menlo Park CA USA

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health University of California La Jolla San Diego CA USA

Department of Health Behavior and Policy Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA USA

Department of Pediatrics Children's Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Medical University of South Carolina Charleston SC USA

Department of Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York NY USA

Department of Psychiatry University of California La Jolla San Diego CA USA

Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee WI USA

Department of Public Health California State University Fullerton CA USA

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York NY USA

Laureate Institute for Brain Research Tulsa Oklahoma USA

RECETOX Masaryk University Brno Czechia

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