Students put off going to bed less after eight weeks of mindfulness practice
Who it’s about: Students, Young adults
- Helped
Students who had eight weeks of group mindfulness sessions put off going to bed less than students who got nothing.
- Action: Practise mindfulnesstested
- Action: Go to bedused
- Rule: Practise with a groupused
- Rule: In weekly sessionsused
Small randomised trial of 40 university students in China · vs students who got nothing · they rated themselves · ⚠ groups weren't properly compared
The study
Who took part
40 university students in China aged 18 to 28, split into two groups of 20. All of them scored above average for problem social media use and for putting off going to bed.
What they did
One group had eight weekly one-hour mindfulness sessions, such as sitting meditation, body scans, mindful walking and breathing. Each session had sharing and tasks to use mindfulness in daily life, later at bedtime. The other group got nothing.
What happened
The mindfulness group rated themselves as putting off bedtime less at the end than at the start. The other group stayed about the same. The authors say the groups differed at the end but don't print that test. The mindfulness group also put off bedtime less at the start, and there was no later check.
Source
The Relationship between Problematic Social Media Use and Sleep Procrastination: A Chain Mediation Model and Intervention Study (2025)
DOI: 10.35534/tppc.0710080 (opens in a new tab)
