Beyond screentime
A 7-day mobile tracking study among college students to disentangle smartphone screentime and content effects on sleep
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21452940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sindy R Sumter (0000-0002-8542-0148, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), Susanne E Baumgartner (0000-0001-6031-8836, University of Amsterdam), Wisnu Wiradhany (0000-0001-8707-3146, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1260-1276 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Behaviour and Information Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-929X • E-ISSN: 1362-3001 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0144929x.2024.2350663 |
| OpenAlex | W4398132066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 64 |
Health professionals and scholars alike consider evening smartphone use an important public health challenge.Existing research on the effects of smartphone usage on sleep has three limitations, namely reliance on self-report measures of smartphone use and/or sleep, limited attention to within-person effects, and a focus on general screentime rather than specific app usage.The current study addressed these limitations by conducting a seven-day study assessing smartphone use and sleep with a combination of subjective and objective measures among 75 students.The findings do not support the assumption that evening smartphone interferes with sleep.We did observe between-person relationships between specific indicators of smartphone usage and sleep, e.g.sleep quality was positively related to the use of meditation apps, and negatively related to the use of work-related apps.These findings indicate research should focus on what individuals do on their phones instead of how much time they spend
Content (measure theory) · Multimedia · Pedagogy · Sleep (system call) · Tracking (education) · Applied Psychology · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Mathematics · Mind wandering and attention · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 6 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |