The time that adolescents go ahead in front of the screens is attached to the lack of sleep and depression

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21/05/2025 – 8:00 Cest

Swedish researchers say adolescents who spend more time with their phones are more likely to sleep poorly and present symptoms of depression. They participated in the study 4,810 Swedish students from 12 to 16. Researchers of a valuable Carolinska Company They used their screens habits, their sleep patterns, and symptoms of depression for a year.

Both girls and boys spend their own testimony after surveying – three to four hours a day, in front of their devices, Above two or three hours of limit Swedish Public Health Organization recommends adolescents. However, in front of the scenes, almost the same time position, Teenage girls received an average depressed score twice as much For boys. They had more chances of expressing symptoms of depressionBut less intense.

Results, published in ‘Plos Global Public Health’ magazineOvarian They also confirm that it causes the “displacement” of time in front of the scenes, that is People sleep later than themselves According to the natural table of the body. Among adolescents, screens’ discourse affects their sleep quality, its duration Already BioidsThat is, to the natural tilt of the body during a certain hour. “Our decisions suggest that our decisions are healthy in front of the screen,” the authors say. If people reduce the time before a scenes, researchers added, “The higher fees of the state of depression among Swedish young women, and maybe among young people.”

Results are in accordance with an earlier hearing, in which a tracking 45,000 Norwegian University students There was a strong relationship between bed screen time, insomnia, and short sleeping period. However, Other researchers are listening to caution and doing courses Before making emergency decisions. In particular, Swedish analysis does not establish that high screen time is a bad dream and depression, but only two factors have been associated. In addition, there are other limitations in the study. Chris Ferguson, Professor of Psychology at the University of Stetson (USA) who did not participate in the study, recalled a statement in a statement Adolescents just reported about time They passed in front of the scenes, “This is a time known for their little credibility,” says Ferguson.

Even so, other scientists claim that the results will help install National guidelines for using phones During school days. Professor Ben Carter of Kings College in London, Professor Ben Carter says that such guidelines are “helping adolescents to improve their dreams and prevent daily drowsiness.” In the phase of the rest of the rest.