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Loneliness As A Predictor For Problematic Social Media Use Associated With Sleep Disruption, Kaylee Mercer
Loneliness As A Predictor For Problematic Social Media Use Associated With Sleep Disruption, Kaylee Mercer
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Social media is growing in popularity and with this new phenomenon could come impacts on a cognitive level. Loneliness is a robust predictor of mental and physical health issues. Loneliness is widely defined as discrepancy between actual and desired levels of social connection. Previous research has found that one impact lonely individuals face may be disruptions to sleep. Loneliness increases the likeliness of problematic social media use, both of which occur in college age and adolescent individuals at a disproportionately high rate. Problematic social media use has been previously found to be associated with less sleep. The current study seeks …