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Smartphone addiction ruins sleep, study says, but you can fight back

 

I – SOURCE OF THE ARTICLE WITH PUBLICATION DATE AND WORD COUNT:

Source of the article: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/02/health/smartphone-addiction-effects-on-sleep-wellness/index.html

(02/03/2021)

Word count: 760

II – VOCABULARY:

Word from the text	Synonym/definition in English	French translation
To assess	To evaluate	évaluer
To fall in lines	It matches	Cela correspond
Prior	Before	Avant
A firm conclusion	A rigid conclusion	Une conclusion solide
Compelling	Convincing	Convaincant
To wean yourself	To quit someone from something, especially a drug.	Se sevrer

III – ANALYSIS TABLE ABOUT THE STUDY

Researchers?	Lead author and King’s College medical student Sei Yon Sohn and her coauthors
Results published in? when (if mentioned)?	Frontiers in Psychiatry (25/02/2021)
General topic	Teenagers tend to use later and later their smartphone. And it correlates with bad quality sleep and insomnia.
Procedure/ what was examined	Researchers looked at smartphone use among 1,043 students between the ages of 18 and 30 at King’s College London. They asked the students to complete two questionnaires on their sleep quality and smartphone usage, in person and online. Using a 10-question validated scale that was developed to assess smartphone addiction in children.
Conclusions/ discovery	Nearly 40% of the university students qualified as « addicted » to smartphones. The use after 1 a.m. confers a 3-fold increased risk of having insomnia/bad quality of sleep. Because LED spectrum light source may further suppress melatonin levels
Remaining questions	None