The Relationship Between Social Media Addiction and Sleepiness in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background/Objectives: Social media addiction has increased among adolescents, and this addiction has negatively affected their health. It is necessary to investigate how this addiction brings negative effects to adolescents. This study aimed to examine the relationship between social media addiction and sleepiness in adolescents. Methods: Personal information form, Social Media Addiction Scale for Adolescents (SMAS), and Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness Questionnaire (CASQ) were used as data collection tools. Prerequisites (correlation, linearity, continuous variable, normal distribution) for regression analysis were tested. The study sample consisted of adolescents between the ages of 10–18. The data were analyzed in the SPSS program. Results: It was determined that 37.9% of the adolescents had sleep problems. The increase in the use of social media significantly affects sleepiness rates (r = 0.61, p < 0.05). The increase in social media use can explain 37.5% of the increase in sleepiness rates (R2 = 0.375). It was observed that a 1-unit increase in social media use would increase the sleepiness rate by 0.79 (B = 0.79). Conclusions: A significant relationship was found between adolescents’ social media addiction and sleepiness. Social media addiction was seen as a predictor of sleepiness in adolescents.