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A study by Oxford Journals suggests that teens who use their mobile phones late at night may have an increased risk for mental health issues.
The study was published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
In the study, researchers studied 17,920 junior high and high schools in Japan.
The students answered questions about their mental health, in addition to sleep and mobile phone habits.
Results show that sleep length was significantly associated with the mobile phone use only in early adolescents.
Logistic regression showed significant associations of the nocturnal mobile phone use with poor mental health, suicidal feelings, and self-injury after controlling for sleep length and other confounders.
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