Mind-Body Interventions to Mitigate Effects of Media Use on Sleep in Early Adolescents

Eliminating media use is neither feasible at a public health level nor perhaps even desirable given the role it plays in the lives of youth and adults, but mind-body interventions have the potential to mitigate state arousal effects and thus reduce negative impacts on sleep. Given emerging literature on links between intensive media use, sensory and interoceptive awareness, and self-regulation, this study will examine two related mind-body approaches -- a mindfulness sensory awareness exercises and mindful body awareness check-ins -- in a randomized clinical trial of early adolescents with evening media use and sleep problems.