Correlation between Social Media Usage Duration and Sleep Quality of Adolescents

Abstract

Adolescents use social media at unprecedented rates, raising concerns about potential impacts on sleep. This exploratory cross-sectional study examined associations between social media use and sleep quality among adolescents using a small, synthetic dataset (n = 40; ages 13–18). Measures included daily social media duration, bedtime social media use (yes/no), average nightly sleep hours, insomnia frequency during the past week, and subjective sleep satisfaction ratings. Correlational and group-contrast analyses suggested (1) a weak, positive association between social media duration and sleep satisfaction; (2) minimal association between social media duration and insomnia frequency; and (3) no strong evidence that higher social media use was associated with shorter sleep duration in this sample.