Social-media use 'disrupting teen sleep and exercise' Using social media isn't directly harming teenagers - but it can reduce the time they spend on healthy activities, such as sleeping and exercising, a study suggests.
Parents should ban phones from bedrooms after 22:00 and encourage more physical activity, the UK researchers said.
Girls were particularly vulnerable to cyber-bullying on social media, which could lead to psychological distress.
But what drove boys' distress needed more research, the study said. BBC News
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Parents should ban phones from bedrooms after 22:00 and encourage more physical activity, the UK researchers said.
Girls were particularly vulnerable to cyber-bullying on social media, which could lead to psychological distress.
But what drove boys' distress needed more research, the study said. BBC News
See also:
- Roles of cyberbullying, sleep, and physical activity in mediating the effects of social media use on mental health and wellbeing among young people in England: a secondary analysis of longitudinal data (abstract) The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
- A third of girls who check social media just THREE times a day have mental health issues The Daily Mail
- Children’s lack of sleep ‘more harmful than social media use’ The Guardian
- Social media itself not the cause of poor mental health in adolescents OnMedica
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