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Social Connectedness, Sleep, and Physical Activity Vital for Youth Mental Health: NIH Study

Social Connectedness, Sleep, and Physical Activity Vital for Youth Mental Health: NIH Study
Students wearing masks leave the New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+m) school in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, N.Y., on Dec. 21, 2021. Brittainy Newman/AP Photo
Tammy Hung
1/26/2022|Updated: 1/26/2022
Supportive relationships with family and friends, exercise and sleep was found to reduce the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents’ mental health, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released on Jan. 24.

The NIH listed “poorer quality and functioning of family relationships” and increased “screen time,” including social media and video games, as factors that “predicted youth distress.”

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