The Impact of Social Media Use on Adolescents Sleeping Quality
The Impact of Social Media Use on Adolescents Sleeping Quality Ricardo Costa Lima Brigham Young University – Idaho Abstract The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects that different daily amounts of social media use have on the quality of sleep among adolescents of Portuguese secondary schools. A random sample of 80 high-school Portuguese students from 12 to 16 years old (40 males and 40 females) was separated in three groups according to the quantity of daily social media use. The results indicate a positive correlation between the group of adolescents that are on the hard-use scale of social media, which means that these students use an average of more than 4 hours of social media daily. This study reinforces the tendency that other related studies suggested that there is a positive correlation between quantity of social media daily use and sleeping quantity and quality. The Impact of Social Media Use on Adolescents Sleeping Quality...