According to one particular study, more
teenagers are sleeping fewer than seven hours per night as a result of their
smartphones. These results point to an increase in adolescents’ use of screen
time before sleep that has occurred between 2009 and 2015.
Key Findings:
·
More
adolescents in 2015 compared to 2009 slept less than 7 hours a night on
most nights.
·
Electronic
device and social media use increased from 2009–2015.
·
Electronic
device and social media use increases the odds of short sleep duration.
·
Smartphones
may be the cause of the increase in self-reported short sleep duration.
Given the results from this study, public health interventions
should consider electronic device use as a target of intervention to improve
adolescent health and education.
Twenge, J. M. (2017).
Decreases in self-reported sleep duration among U.S. adolescents 2009–2015 and
association with new media screen time. Sleep
Medicine, (39), 47-53.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2017.08.013
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