Quantity, Content, and Context Matter: Associations Among Social Technology Use and Sleep Habits in Early Adolescents
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Purpose This study aimed to investigate the associations of social technology access and content, bedtime behaviors, parental phone restrictions, and timing and duration of sleep on school nights in early adolescents.Methods Adolescents (aged 11-15 years, n = 772) in the Northeast U.S. completed an online survey during or after school in spring 2019.Results Quantity of social technology use (e.g., checking social media, problematic internet behaviors, mobile use), content viewed (e.g., emotional or violent videos, risky behaviors), and social context (e.g., bedtime behaviors, starting social media at an early age) were significantly related to later bedtimes and fewer hours of sleep on school nights. Parental rules restricting mobile phone and online use before bed and obtaining a smartphone at a later age were associated with increased sleep time and earlier bedtime.Conclusions Quantity, content, and context of social technology use may affect sleep timing and duration in early adolescents.
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Use of social media before age 11 is related to disruption of sleep duration and timing.
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The Abstract Results report that starting social media at an early age was among factors associated with later bedtimes and fewer hours of sleep on school nights. Our copy does not establish a specific before-age-11 cutoff; the surveyed adolescents were aged 11–15, so the sleep outcomes were not measured before age 11. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Charmaraman, L., Richer, A. M., Ben-Joseph, E. P., & Klerman, E. B.
- Affiliations
- Wellesley College (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Charmaraman, Linda
- Venue
- Journal of Adolescent Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-07
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 162-165
- ISSN
- 1054-139X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8087719
- OpenAlex
- W3095660113
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 5
- FWCI
- 7.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Adolescent Health (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K24-HL105664-10)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R15HD094281-01)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Keywords
- adolescent sleep, bedtime, sleep duration, social media use, problematic internet use, mobile phone use, sleep timing, early adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep, Technology, Social Media
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