Can parents control their teens' technology use to protect their sleep?

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August Can parents control their teens technology use to protect their sleep Can parents control their teens' technology use to protect their sleep? 03/08/2021 | 2 MINS Teens who spend longer watching TV, playing video games and browsing the internet and social media tend to sleep less and are more prone to daytime sleepiness, but parental control of technology does little to protect their sleep according to researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology. Contrary to popular belief the paper, published in Sleep Medicine, found a bi-directional relationship between technology use and sleep in adolescents. Although more technology use was associated with less sleep and more daytime sleepiness, adolescents with an affinity for the evening tended to use technology more over time, potentially to pass time in the evening until they felt ready to fall asleep. Dr Cele Richardson from LITΓÇÖs School of Psychological Science and Centre for Sleep Science, and her colleagues at Macquarie University, carried out a study measuring teensΓÇÖ sleep, t

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August Can parents control their teens technology use to protect their sleep Can parents control their teens' technology use to protect their sleep?

03/08/2021 | 2 MINS Teens who spend longer watching TV, playing video games and browsing the internet and social media tend to sleep less and are more prone to daytime sleepiness, but parental control of technology does little to protect their sleep according to researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology.

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