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“Glued to the tube”: the interplay between self-control, evening television viewing, and bedtime procrastination.

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Exelmans, Liese, Van den Bulck, Jan·2021·Communication Research

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There is ample evidence that media use displaces sleep, but little theory about the mechanism that explains this. We studied sleep displacement as a self-control issue: People postpone going to bed because they have trouble ending their media exposure. We therefore modeled television viewing (habitual viewing, deficient TV self-regulation, and viewing volume) as a mediator of the effect of trait self-control on bedtime procrastination. A random sample of 821 adults participated in face-to-face interviews using standardized questionnaires. Lower self-control was associated with more bedtime procrastination. This relationship was mediated by habitual viewing, which led to less bedtime procrastination, and deficient TV self-regulation, which led to more bedtime procrastination. Evening viewing volume was not a significant mediator. Our results support the idea that (1) self-regulatory failure over television viewing can partly explain the common struggle with bedtime, and (2) strong viewing habits seem to inhibit bedtime procrastination.

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Authors
Exelmans, L., & Van den Bulck, J.
Affiliations
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Corresponding author
Exelmans, Liese
Venue
Communication Research
Published
2017-01-06
Volume
48
Issue
4
Pages
594-616
ISSN
  • 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3810
OpenAlex
W2521027391
Cited by
88
References
83
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1
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7.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Communication Research (publishedVersion)
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  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
Keywords
bedtime procrastination, self-control, media self-regulation, viewing habits, sleep onset timing

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