ORIGINAL PAPER Associations between Screen-Based Activity, Spiritual Well-Being, and Life Satisfaction among Adolescents Sunwoo Lee 1 • Ivo Jira ´sek 1 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2017 Abstract The current study examined how screen-based activity is related to spiritual well-being and life satisfaction among Czech adolescents, age ranged between 11 and 15 years. Results indicated that spending time on screen-based activities was predictive for spiritual well-being, but did not have a decisive effect on life satisfaction. We also found that spiritual well-being was significantly related to life satisfaction. Findings suggest that we ought to pay more attention to the influence of time spending on screen-based activities on spiritual well-being among adolescents to promote positive youth development. Keywords Spiritual well-being Á Screen-based activity Á Life satisfaction Á Adolescents’ health Introduction The current study examines how adolescents’ screen-based activity engagement affects their spiritual development and life satisfaction. Early spiritual growth plays an important role in resilience and coping, positive outlook, and a sense of happiness (Benson et al. 2003; Coyle 2001; Hill and Pargament 2008; Kim et al. 2013; Zullig et al. 2006). Also, we have been informed that increased sedentary time with screen-based activities among young people is significantly related to their health-related outcomes including mental health and emotional well-being (e.g., Brodersen et al. 2005; Gopinath et al. 2012; Holder et al. 2009; Iannotti et al. 2009; Lacy et al. 2012; Pearson and Biddle 2011). This led us to & Sunwoo Lee sunwoo.lee@upol.cz Ivo Jira ´sek ivo.jirasek@upol.cz 1 Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacky ´ University in Olomouc, Tr ˇı ´da Mı ´ru 115, 77111 Olomouc, Czech Republic 123 J Relig Health DOI 10.1007/s10943-017-0429-6