A brief review on screen lifestyle and its effect on mental patterns: Does physical activity play a role?
Keywords:
Screen-based lifestyle, Physical Activity, Mental health patternsAbstract
The attention towards mental health issues have gained significant attention in recent times because of lack of physical activity and intensive screen-based lifestyle. Screen based life have drastic effects on the mental health patterns and is causing serious psychological issues. A brief review consisting of 65 papers based on screen-based lifestyle and its impact on mental health patterns from past 8 years was conducted based on Scopus database. The review showed that screen-based lifestyle is related to mental health patterns, and it is a major contributor to mental health issues. Moreover, the presence of physical activity can also contribute to improve mental health patterns. Finally, this review paper contributes and provides a comprehensive understanding to the existing literature on screen-based lifestyle.