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Article: Nodding off or switching off? The use of popular media as a sleep aid in secondary-school children.(HEALTH)(Survey)(Brief article)
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- Youth Studies Australia
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- March 1, 2007
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S. Eggermont & J. Van den Buick, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, v.42, n.7, 2006, pp.428-33. To examine adolescents' use of media as a sleep aid, researchers surveyed 2,546 Year 7 and 10 students (54% male) from schools in the Flanders region of Belgium. Students completed questionnaires measuring i) their use of computer games, television, music and books as sleep aids; ii) their average weekday and weekend bedtimes; iii) their levels of tiredness; iv) whether they had a television or computer game console in their bedroom; and v) several demographic control variables. Results showed that 60.2% ...