The time for teenagers go to the screens to lack of sleep and depression
by Ocean Dopottst
& Euronus in Spanish
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propagandaTeenagers who spend more time with their phones are likely to sleep badly as they make depression, according to Swedish researchers. In the study, they participated 4,810 Swedish students between 12 and 16. Researchers from the prestigious Carolinska Institute They dominated their screens using customs, sleep patterns and symptoms of depression for a year.
Both girls and boys spend their own testimony after they were wiped – between three and four hours a day in front of their devices, Above a two or three hours The Swedish Public Health Agency recommends teenagers. However, almost the same level in front of the screen, Teenage girls got average depression twice To children. They were also more likely to express symptoms of depressionBut less serious.
The results published in the magazine “Plos Global Public Health”and They also confirm that the high time in front of the screen causes a “displacement” to sleep, that is, that People sleep at a later time they should According to the natural table of the body. Among the teenagers, this discourse caused by the screens affects the quality of their sleep, and the duration of this Already biologicalThis is, to the normal tendency of the body to sleep in a certain hour. “Our results indicate that a shorter time in front of the screen seems healthier, in line with previous data from the World Health Organization,” the authors say. If people reduce time in front of the screen, the researchers add, “The high charge of depression among young Swedish young women may decrease, and perhaps also among young women.”
The results are in line with the previous investigation 45,000 Norwegian university students There was a strong relationship between the screen time in bed, symptoms of insomnia and the duration of sleep is shorter. but, Other researchers ask to be careful and make more studies Before drawing hasty conclusions. In particular, Swedish analysis does not prove that high screen time causes poor dream and depression, but only that both factors are associated. In addition, the study has other restrictions. Chris Ferguson, professor of psychology at the University The adolescents themselves were the ones who reported time “It is a method known for its small reliability,” says Ferguson.
However, other scientists claim that the results can help create National guidelines on the use of phones On school days. Ben Carter, a professor of medical statistics at King’s College in London, states that such guidelines “can help teenagers improve their dream and prevent day drowsiness”, ” At a stage where comfort is essential.
