The relationship between internet addiction and sleep disorders in adolescents of Central Siberia in different types of consumed content

Jun 27, 2022Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova

How Internet Addiction and Sleep Problems Relate in Central Siberian Teens Using Different Types of Online Content

AI simplified

Circadian Biology on OpenScience ↗PubMed ↗DOI ↗

Abstract

Adolescents with internet addiction average significantly poorer quality of night sleep, with late bedtimes and increased daytime sleepiness.

Internet addiction is associated with bedtimes later than typical for adolescents.
Adolescents with internet addiction experience a reduced duration of nighttime sleep.
Increased time to fall asleep and more frequent nighttime awakenings are noted among internet-addicted adolescents.
These adolescents report more pronounced daytime sleepiness compared to their peers without internet addiction.

AI simplified

OBJECTIVE: To establish the relationship between disturbances of the regime and quality of night sleep and daytime sleepiness in adolescents from Central Siberia with internet addiction with different types of content consumed.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A single cross-sectional observational study of a school sample in three large cities in Siberia was performed. The study included 4615 schoolchildren aged 12-18 years (46.2% boys and 53.8% girls, average age 14.58±0.02 years). To identify Internet addiction and its types the following tests were used: the Chen scale (CIAS), adapted by V.L. Malygin and K.A. Feklisov; Russian-language versions of the Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents and the Social Media Disorder Scale. Questions from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to assess nighttime sleep. Daytime sleepiness was assessed by the Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS).

RESULTS: Adolescents with Internet addiction are characterized by late going to bed (<0.001), late awakening (=0.016), a decrease in the duration of night sleep (=0.004), an increase in the time to fall asleep and frequent nighttime awakenings (=0.017), and more pronounced daytime sleepiness (<0.001). p p p p p

CONCLUSION: Internet-addicted adolescents are characterized by significant disturbances in the quality of night sleep, which requires appropriate psychological and pedagogical correction.

The relationship between internet addiction and sleep disorders in adolescents of Central Siberia in different types of consumed content

Abstract

You found one interesting study. We’ll send the next 7.

what lands in your inbox each week:

Recent issues from the circadian biology brief

Abstract

Related papers

You found one interesting study. We’ll send the next 7.

what lands in your inbox each week:

Recent issues from the circadian biology brief