Technology use as a sleep-onset aid: are adolescents using apps to distract themselves from negative thoughts?
Alexandra DanielsMeg PillionBenita RulloJessica MikulcicHannah WhittallKate BartelMichal KahnMichael GradisarSerena Valeria BauduccoPublished in: Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society (2022)
This study shows that many adolescents use technology to distract themselves from negative thoughts, which may help them manage the sleep-onset process. Thus, distraction may be one mechanism explaining how sleep affects technology use, rather than vice versa.