Investigating the effects of social media usage on sleep quality

Dinesh Kaimal; Ravi Teja Sajja; Farzan Sasangohar

doi:10.1177/1541931213601814

Investigating the effects of social media usage on sleep quality

Dinesh Kaimal, Ravi Teja Sajja, Farzan Sasangohar

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Abstract

Social media usage is widespread among young adults. While the effects of social media usage on depression have been documented, studies to investigate the effects on sleep quality are largely absent. As part of the requirements for a graduate course at Texas A&M University, a user study was conducted to investigate whether usage of social media before bed time would result in sleep disturbance and diminished sleep quality. Ten participants were asked to not use social media before bed (baseline) for one week and use several popular applications for three weeks. While the effects were not statistically significant, social media usage before sleep might still negatively affect sleep quality. Further research with an increased sample size conducted over a longer period is warranted to investigate such effects.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017
Publisher	Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc.
Pages	1327-1330
Number of pages	4
Volume	2017-October
ISBN (Electronic)	9780945289531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601814
State	Published - 2017
Event	Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017 - Austin, United States Duration: Oct 9 2017 → Oct 13 2017

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Other	Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017
Country	United States
City	Austin
Period	10/9/17 → 10/13/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Investigating the effects of social media usage on sleep quality. / Kaimal, Dinesh; Sajja, Ravi Teja; Sasangohar, Farzan.

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017. Vol. 2017-October Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc., 2017. p. 1327-1330.

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Kaimal, D, Sajja, RT & Sasangohar, F 2017, Investigating the effects of social media usage on sleep quality. in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017. vol. 2017-October, Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc., pp. 1327-1330, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017, Austin, United States, 10/9/17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601814

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