Screen time affects children most if it is active and in bed, rather than just before bed, a recent study has suggested. Scientists at the University of Otago in New Zealand tracked the screen time ...

The research reveals a significant link between excessive screen time, poor sleep quality, increased hyperactivity, and emotional issues in preschoolers, with sleep quality playing a mediating role ...

Too much screen time can sabotage preschoolers' sleep, potentially turning them into terrors around the house, a new study warns. Bad sleep can exacerbate children's struggles with poor attention, ...

Too much screen time impairs sleep for children and adolescents, and it’s largely the content on those screens that keeps them awake. But it remains less clear whether the light from those screens ...

New Delhi | An hour of screen use before sleep could increase risk of insomnia by nearly 60 per cent and cut down sleep time by about half an hour, a study has found. Over 45,000 students in Norway, ...

Excessive screen time among adolescents negatively impacts multiple aspects of sleep, which in turn increases the risk of depressive symptoms -- particularly among girls, concludes a new study.

With all the discussion around the adolescent mental health crisis, a prime suspect has gone relatively unnoticed: sleep. I have treated thousands of youths struggling with mental illness over the ...

Share on Pinterest Spending time on your mobile phone at bedtime can result in poorer-quality sleep and insufficient sleep. MTStock Studio/Getty Images A new Norwegian study finds that one hour of ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. “Avoid screens before bed” is one of the most common pieces of sleep advice.