New study connects social media use to lack of sleep and teenage depression

Provides, the act of using social media itself is not entirely to blame.


For each "like" or a good comment onsocial mediaThere seems to be five others who become the intention of putting others. And it's easy to assume that, especially for teenage women, these negative comments are what deals with theirMental health and well-being. But it's not all the story, according to a new study published in the newspaperThe health of lancet and adolescence.

For the study, Researchers of Imperial College London and University College in London interviewed nearly 10,000 adolescents in England, aged 13 to 16 in three years. During each interview, participants noted how many times would they check the social media, how much they slept, how much physical activity they got and how they occur psychologically. Not surprisingly, researchers found a clear link between increased use of social media anddepression. But the real reason was that it moves other activities, such as sleep and opens the door to cyberbullying.

Researchers found that 60% ofThe psychological distress In adolescent girls studied could be counted bypoor sleep quality and increased exposure toHarassment on the internet, As opposed to the real acts of tweeting, grammer or grammer.

"Our results suggest that social media itself does not cause injury, but this frequent use can disrupt the activities that have a positive impact on mental health, such as sleep and exercise, while increasing the exhibition. young people at a prejudicial content, especially the negative cyberbullying experience, "co-author of studyRussell vine Great Foret Street Institute of Child Street Institute of Child Street, said indeclaration.

As a vinerary saidThe Guardian"While we obsessed a lot of social media, how many obsessed us how many of our young people sleep? Not very important - but it's a more important factor, in fact, to determine their mental health."

Teenagers need a lot more hours of sleep than adults per night to work and with all digital communication on the increasing amounts of homework, most of them do not get it. According toNational Children's HospitalThe average amount of sleep that teenagers get are about seven o'clock, but they need about nine-pm to be at their best. And as the state of the mental health of adolescents andGrowing suicide rate Continue being a concern, it seems clear that fewer hours devoted to WhatsApp and more hours spent capturing these Z is at least a good starting point. And for more than other way than social media affect our well-being, here is here20 ways that social media contract us.

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