The pervasive use of digital media use among children and adolescents interferes with their sleep timing, duration, and quality. A recent poll by the National Sleep Foundation showed that 75% of U.S. children and adolescents have at least one electronic device in their bedrooms (2014). The impact of rapidly expanding technology use among children and adolescents on sleep patterns has produced a substantial amount of research in recent years. The Sleep and Media Workgroup reviewed what is currently known about the links between sleep and digital media and developed recommendations for parents, clinicians, and educators for promoting healthy sleep among children and adolescents.
WORKGROUP MEMBERS
Workgroup Chair
Monique K. LeBourgeois, PhD
Monique K. LeBourgeois, PhD
Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
Lauren Hale, PhD
Lauren Hale, PhD
Associate Professor, Program in Public Health, Department of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Anne-Marie Chang, PhD
Anne-Marie Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Lameese D. Akacem, PhD
Lameese D. Akacem, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
Hawley E. Montgomery-Downs, PhD
Hawley E. Montgomery-Downs, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD
Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Bio-behavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, PA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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