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The longitudinal interaction of adolescents’ interest in physical education, school burnout, and disturbed sleep related to social media and phone use

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This study attempted to explain the relationship of disturbed sleep related to social media and phone use, interest in physical education, and school burnout. A longitudinal survey of two waves was conducted among 2304 eighth- and ninth-grade Taiwanese adolescents of an average age of 13.89 years (SD = .76) at Time 1. Cross-lagged modelling revealed that school burnout at Time 1 was positively associated with disturbed sleep related to social media at Time 2; however, the reverse association was not substantial. Moreover, students’ interest in physical education at Time 1 did not significantly predict either school burnout or disturbed sleep at Time 2. In contrast, adolescents who had elevated school burnout tended to report lower interest in physical education later, with a very small effect size for practical significance. Physical activities may not easily break the bond of the negative factors of burnout and disturbed sleep unless special programmes are designed.

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  1. Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43, Sec.4, Keelung Rd, Taipei, Taiwan, 106, Republic of China

    Okwach Alphonce Akungu & Sufen Chen

  2. Department of Athletics, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43, Sec.4, Keelung Rd, Taipei, Taiwan, 106, Republic of China

    Kuei-Pin Chien

  3. Optentia Research Focus Area, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

    Sufen Chen

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Akungu, O.A., Chien, KP. & Chen, S. The longitudinal interaction of adolescents’ interest in physical education, school burnout, and disturbed sleep related to social media and phone use. Curr Psychol 42, 3725–3733 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01709-4

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