In:
Pädiatrie & Pädologie, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 59, No. 2 ( 2024-04), p. 82-87
Abstract:
Adolescents and children, including infants, are growing up in a media-influenced environment. Digital hardware (smartphones, computers, tablets, game consoles, and televisions) and their applications (for playing games, social communication, and imparting knowledge) have long been an integral part of children’s and adolescents’ everyday lives whether at home, at school or kindergarten, or in their leisure time. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic further intensified the use of digital media. The children’s (bed)room has now become a place of digital media use, during the day, in the evening and at night. The use of digital technologies has a negative impact on sleep and leads to a shortened total sleep time, reduced sleep quality, sleep disturbances, a delayed time of falling asleep, or a disturbed sleep rhythm, even a day–night reversal. Potential mechanisms of action and moderators in the relationship between media use and sleep are the following: the direct replacement of sleep by digital media use, increased arousal, a delay of the circadian rhythm triggered by light exposure during screen activity, (deficient) self-control, and dysfunctional emotion regulation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0030-9338
,
1613-7558
DOI:
10.1007/s00608-024-01187-4
Language:
German
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2024
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