Hoque, Md Nurul (2025) Influence of Excessive Social Media Usage on Sleep Patterns Among Adolescents in the United Kingdom: A Systematic Review. Masters thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
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Abstract
Background: As social networks have become an integral part of the adolescents’ lives in the United Kingdom, there is growing concern about the negative impact of nighttime use of electronic devices. Social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat are some of the platforms many teenagers use, but their constant use has been associated with poor sleep quality and an increase in anxiety, depression, or low mood. Objectives: This study aimed to establish the impact of excessive use of social media on the sleep of adolescents. It investigates potential causes of this disruption, whether it is physical, emotional or behavioral and how this disruption may impact the young people. Methods: This study conducted a secondary research design using a systematic review approach to identify and analyses existing literature relevant to the research questions. The articles were retrieved from the databases such as PubMed, EBSCOhost, ProQuest Central, and Google Scholar, and the search was done within the years 2010-2024. The review involved 12 studies of adolescents between the age of 12 and 18 years in the United Kingdom. The quality of each study was also determined using assessment tools that were developed for systematic reviews. Results: In all the reviewed articles, there was consensus that late-night social media usage is associated with sleep disturbances such as delayed sleep onset, reduced total sleep time, and reduced sleep quality. It identified that issues such as FOMO (Fear of missing out) and social pressure would aggravate these issues to stress, anxiety, Depression and low mood. Conclusion: Such results suggest that there is an urgent need to address the issue of healthy use of screen time especially before going to bed as a way of ensuring that teenagers are not negatively affected by excessive screen time.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adolescent, Sleep, Social Media, Mental Health, UK, Sleep patterns |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Theses and Dissertations > Masters Dissertations |
| Depositing User: | Victoria Hankinson |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2025 10:28 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2025 10:28 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/3898 |
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