Screen Time, Sleep, and Mental Health: An Investigation of Electronics Use and Sleep Habits

<p>Internet addiction (IA) is classified as a compulsive-impulsive behavior disorder involving excessive use of the internet, withdrawal, tolerance, and negative repercussions (Block, 2007). Internet usage is becoming more widespread across all industrialized people, and younger people are using the internet more and more as it becomes more ubiquitous (Rideout, Foehr, & Roberts, 2010). The purpose of the current study is to investigate internet usage habits, sleep disturbance, and IA as it appeared in a national United States sample, and a sample seeking clinical psychological help in the Southwestern United States. The results of the current study suggested that IA predicted sleep disturbance, and sleep disturbance had a moderating interaction when IA was used to predict mental health outcomes. Implications for clinicians and the future of psychological treatment are discussed. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy - School Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Services

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Nicks, Robert

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Luis Aguerrevere
• Dr. Nina Ellis-Hervey
• Dr. Robert Polewan

• Internet addiction
• Young internet addiction test
• weekend usage
• clinical
• sleep.
• Clinical Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Multicultural Psychology
• School Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/218

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1245