Stress level rises when using electronic equipment such as smartphone or PC before going to bed

ByEden Politte

It is said that using a mobile phone or computer before sleeping is said to prevent sleep, but by new research, those who surf the Internet or send an email within 2 hours before entering the bed, I found that the stress level will be higher than that.

Technology Use Before Bed Linked with Increased Stress | LiveScience
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In studies related to sleeping and electronic devices, "E-mail before sending or surfing the Internet is easier for people to experience insomnia than people who do not sleep", that is, electronic devices before going to sleep interferes sleep I know that. The light of the screen of a computer or mobile phone mainly uses blue light, and it is one of the reasons to point out that suppressing the hormone called melatonin that induces sleep is pointed out. Also, evidence that interactive technologies such as e-mail and chat alert people and make them sleepy is also shown. However, this finding can be said to be a new discovery showing that there is further relation between technology and stress.

ByChapendra

On the other hand, it seems that there was no connection between the stress level and the person who did not touch the technology including the electronic equipment for exercise and reading before sleeping.National Sleep FoundationAccording to the survey results published in 2011, 95% of Americans are touching electronic equipment several hours before they fall asleep. The result of this research can not be regarded as "causal relation" only by finding "relation" between technology before sleeping and stress, but there is a possibility of having a big meaning in the future.

ByWouter van Doorn

This study was conducted by Israel Arevalo who is majoring in psychology at the University of Texas at Pan American school and was held in May 2013Scientific Psychology AssociationThose announced at the annual meeting of. We recruited subjects through social media, targeting 500 males and females aged 18 to 73, but it is not surprising whether the subjects to be surveyed are biased towards young people, females, and Hispanics, which are more stressful In the future research, "I want to investigate how the amount of light affects the stress level" in the future because I do not know the result such as.

ByJimmy Hogoboom