Adolescents’ Smartphone Use in the Sleeping Environment: Parents’ Attitudes and Involvement

Abstract

BackgroundAdolescents devote increasingly more time to electronic devices, with the resultant sleep insufficiency creating a major public health concern. The aim of this study is to examine parents’ awareness of the importance of sleep and involvement in their adolescents’ smartphone usage. Significant positive correlation was found between parental assessment of sleep quality and parental involvement in children’s sleep hygiene. Smartphone use was found to be a potential mediator of involvement in sleep hygiene on sleep quality. Findings indicate that parents should be guided on how to contribute positively to their children’s sleep hygiene.