Sleep Characteristics of an International Sample of Adult Gamers

Abstract

Introduction About 65% of adult Americans report playing video games. Despite potential impacts to functioning, there is limited research on the relationship between video game use and sleep, specifically among adults. The present study expands upon the literature by describing demographic, video game, and sleep characteristics of an international adult sample of gamers.

Keywords

• video games
• sleep disruption
• bedtime
• wake time
• adults