--- title: Tech Wrecking Sleep for Scores of Teens, Says Study description: Maybe they should be dubbed Generation-Zzzz. Teens who bury their faces for hours on end in laptops, tablets, smart phones or TV screens during the... canonical: https://time.com/3693269/tech-wrecking-sleep-for-scores-of-teens-says-study/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-03T03:36:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:05:36.134Z article:section: Health og:title: Tech Wrecking Sleep for Scores of Teens, Says Study og:description: "There are indications that today's teenagers sleep less than previous generations" og:url: https://time.com/3693269/tech-wrecking-sleep-for-scores-of-teens-says-study/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbb5a62109ffc2ac/69877d52428a9ee76fcc6ed4/teens-sleep-computer-phone-tech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Teen Sleep Computer Phone Tech og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tech Wrecking Sleep for Scores of Teens, Says Study twitter:description: "There are indications that today's teenagers sleep less than previous generations" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbb5a62109ffc2ac/69877d52428a9ee76fcc6ed4/teens-sleep-computer-phone-tech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tech Wrecking Sleep for Scores of Teens, Says Study by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Feb 3, 2015 3:36 AM UTC  Relaxed woman on the bed Relaxed woman on the bedGetty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Feb 3, 2015 3:36 AM UTC Maybe they should be dubbed Generation-Zzzz. Teens who bury their faces for hours on end in laptops, tablets, smart phones or TV screens during the days tend to suffer bad nights of sleep, researchers [reported Monday](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bmjopen006748.pdf). “There are indications that today’s teenagers sleep less than previous generations,” said Mari Hysing, co-author and a psychologist at Uni Research Health in Norway. “There are some aspects of electronic devices that may give an additional arousal; the \[screen\] light may impact sleep hormone production, and also the social communication aspect” may stir adolescents to keep chatting deep into the night … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/zombieland-tech-wrecking-sleep-scores-teens-study-n298901?cid=par-time-article%5F20150203) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3693269/tech-wrecking-sleep-for-scores-of-teens-says-study/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3693269/tech-wrecking-sleep-for-scores-of-teens-says-study/"},"headline":"Tech Wrecking Sleep for Scores of Teens, Says Study","datePublished":"2015-02-03T03:36:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:05:36.134Z","description":"Maybe they should be dubbed Generation-Zzzz. Teens who bury their faces for hours on end in laptops, tablets, smart phones or TV screens during the...","url":"https://time.com/3693269/tech-wrecking-sleep-for-scores-of-teens-says-study/","keywords":["Sleep","Teenagers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbb5a62109ffc2ac/69877d52428a9ee76fcc6ed4/teens-sleep-computer-phone-tech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbb5a62109ffc2ac/69877d52428a9ee76fcc6ed4/teens-sleep-computer-phone-tech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Teen Sleep Computer Phone Tech","caption":"Teen Sleep Computer Phone Tech","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/sleep/","name":"Sleep"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3693269/tech-wrecking-sleep-for-scores-of-teens-says-study/","name":"Tech Wrecking Sleep for Scores of Teens, Says Study"}}]}] ```