Adolescent sleep, distress, and technology use: weekday versus weekend.
Alexander ReardonKurt LushingtonAlex AgostiniPublished in: Child and adolescent mental health (2022)
This study confirmed that technology use and its impact on sleep differed on weekdays compared to weekends and that a late chronotype was associated with greater technology use. However, neither technology medium nor chronotype was found to affect psychological distress. While greater autonomy may be granted to adolescents over the weekend regarding sleep behaviour, young people, parents, and clinicians should be mindful of the link between technology use and sleep.