title: Home and Neighborhood Environment Predictors of Adolescents' Screen Viewing.
abstract: Nowadays, the majority of adolescents exceed the AAP guidelines for screen use and this is likely to be a risk factor for obesity. The current study aims at investigating adolescent screen viewing in the context of home and neighborhood environment.
  
  
  
  A sample of 1141 adolescents as well as their parents participated in this survey. Adolescents were asked to complete a questionnaire about time spent on screen viewing behaviors. Respectively, parents completed a questionnaire concerning environmental predictors.
  
  
  
  Almost two-thirds of the adolescents surveyed spend more than 2 hours per day on screen entertainment, with boys dealing with personal computers (PCs) and electronic games more than girls. The likelihood for an adolescent to exceed 2 hours of screen time is 3.87 times more when he has his meals in front of a TV screen on a daily basis, 1.69 times more when the TV is on, often as not on his return from school and 1.74 times more when there is a PC in the adolescent's bedroom.
  
  
  
  Certain environmental predictors influence adolescents' screen time, as a result, corrective intervention should aim at the family as a whole, as this whole shapes home environment.
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bounova
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michalopoulou
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agelousis
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kourtessis
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gourgoulis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004777:Environment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013690:Television / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: health promotion; media use; screen time; youth