Bedtime Screen Use Behaviors and Sleep Outcomes in Early Adolescents: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine prospective associations between bedtime screen use behaviors and sleep outcomes one year later in a national study of early adolescents in the United States.

Methods

We analyzed prospective cohort data from 9,398 early adolescents aged 11-12 years (48.4% female, 45% racial/ethnic minority) in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (Years 2-3, 2018-2021). Regression analyses examined the associations between self-reported bedtime screen use (Year 2) and sleep variables (Year 3; self-reported sleep duration; caregiver-reported sleep disturbance), adjusting for sociodemographic covariates and sleep variables (Year 2).

Results

Having a television or Internet-connected electronic device in the bedroom was prospectively associated with shorte

SUBMITTER: Nagata JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11610308 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature