#Sleepyteens: Social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem
Woods HC, Scott H
Journal of adolescence · 466 citations
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- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
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- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2016-06-10 · J Adolesc · vol. 51 · issue 1 · pp. 41–49
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 1318 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 201.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 46 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology · Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- social media use, adolescents, sleep quality, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, adolescent wellbeing
- MeSH
- humans, sleep initiation and maintenance disorders, adolescent behavior, emotions, self concept, sleep, anxiety disorders, depressive disorder, adolescent, child, scotland, female, male, social media
2 authors
From GB
- Heather Cleland WoodsUniversity of Glasgow
- Holly Scott · correspondingUniversity of Glasgow
Abstract
This study examined how social media use related to sleep quality, self-esteem, anxiety and depression in 467 Scottish adolescents. We measured overall social media use, nighttime-specific social media use, emotional investment in social media, sleep quality, self-esteem and levels of anxiety and depression. Adolescents who used social media more - both overall and at night - and those who were more emotionally invested in social media experienced poorer sleep quality, lower self-esteem and higher levels of anxiety and depression. Nighttime-specific social media use predicted poorer sleep quality after controlling for anxiety, depression and self-esteem. These findings contribute to the growing body of evidence that social media use is related to various aspects of wellbeing in adolescents. In addition, our results indicate that nighttime-specific social media use and emotional investment in social media are two important factors that merit further investigation in relation to adolescent sleep and wellbeing.
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