Social media use and adolescent sleep patterns: cross-sectional findings from the UK millennium cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:This study examines associations between social media use and multiple sleep parameters in a large representative adolescent sample, controlling for a wide range of covariates. DESIGN:The authors used cross-sectional data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a large nationally representative UK birth cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:Data from 11 872 adolescents (aged 13-15 years) were used in analyses. METHODS:Six self-reported sleep parameters captured sleep timing and quality: sleep onset and wake times (on school days and free days), sleep onset latency (time taken to fall asleep) and trouble falling back asleep after nighttime awakening. Binomial logistic regressions investigated associations between daily social media use and each sleep parameter, controlling for a range of relevant

SUBMITTER: Scott H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830469 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature