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Adolescents today spend a lot of time using screens both at school and outside school. Identifying possible associations between gaming, social media use and quality of life (QoL) may inform the development of public health guidelines targeting adolescent behaviour. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between gaming, social media use and quality of life (QoL) among adolescents, and whether sex, spending time with friends or psychological distress moderate these associations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study was based on cross-sectional data from the Tr\u00f8ndelag Health study (Young-Hunt4), collected in 2017\u20132019. The target group comprised 8066 adolescents (13\u201319 years). QoL was measured with the Norwegian version of the Inventory of Life Quality (ILC). Electronic media use was measured using the two variables social media use and gaming. Multiple linear regression was used to analyse the association between social media use, gaming, and QoL.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Results showed a negative association between gaming (&gt;\u20093\u00a0h per day) after school and quality of life (b = -0.26) and social media use (&gt;\u20093\u00a0h per day) after school and quality of life (b = -0.20). Similar negative associations were observed between more time spent on gaming (&gt;\u20093\u00a0h per day) during weekends and quality of life (b = -0.33) and more time spent on social media (&gt;\u20093\u00a0h per day) during weekends and quality of life (b = -0.16). An interaction effect was observed between sex and social media use (after school), between sex and gaming (after school and during weekends), and between psychological distress and gaming during weekends.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>More than three hours spent on gaming or social media per day, both during weekdays and weekends, was negatively associated with QoL. Sex moderated these associations; however, for social media use this was shown only after school. 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