Valid and reliable sleep measures during the early years are crucial for practitioners and researchers seeking accurate evaluation methods. The authors in this review systematically examined the psychometric properties of instruments containing reported sleep measures in children from birth to <5 years of age. The search was conducted using several electronic databases, including MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, Scopus and HaPI, with the most recent update on August 30, 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a digitally oriented society, smartphones provide continual online accessibility to daily life while simultaneously predisposing adolescents to engage in prolonged connections for various purposes, thus escalating the risk of Internet addiction (IA). Cognitive processes such as multitasking and attentional shifting are frequently associated with smartphone activities. Additionally, online engagements may serve as emotional strategies for regulating negative states (e.
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In this paper, the study presented is designed to gain a deeper insight into how adolescents describe, understand, and suggest dealing with Problematic Internet Use (PIU). Eight focus groups were activated with a total of 70 students from the 9th and 11th grades (Mean = 15.53 ± 1.
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