ArticleSleep health2021
Trading likes for sleepless nights: A lifespan investigation of social media and sleep.
Article in Sleep health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Neural Sensitivity to Social Media Use: Implications for Sleep Duration in Adolescents.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- Sensationalising Sleep: Perspectives and Protocols for Understanding Discourses of Sleep Health in Aotearoa New Zealand.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Review
- Mechanisms Linking Social Media Use and Sleep in Emerging Adults in the United States.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Potential use of large language models for mitigating students' problematic social media use: ChatGPT as an example.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Lifestyle Factors and Sleep Health across the Lifespan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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objectivesThe present study sought to examine the association between social media use and sleep and whether the association differed by age.
methodsTotal 3,284 adults (M age = 42.74, SD = 16.72; 48.5% female; 80.8% White) participated in an online study of sleep and health across the lifespan. Sleep quality and duration were assessed using the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Participants reported the total time they spent using social media daily.
resultsGreater social media use was associated with poorer sleep quality (P < .001) and shorter sleep duration (P= .002). Age moderated the relationship between social media use and sleep quality (P= .006), as well as duration (P= .001). The strength of the associations between social media and sleep increased with age.
conclusionThe findings highlight potential adverse sleep outcomes associated with social media use. They also provide preliminary evidence suggesting the need for further exploration of age-related processes involved in social media use and sleep.
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