Report Sleep deprivation influences drug use in teens' social networks

[The Helper]

Recent studies have shown that behaviors such as happiness, obesity, smoking and altruism are "contagious" within adult social networks. In other words, your behavior not only influences your friends, but also their friends and so on. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Harvard University have taken this a step farther and found that the spread of one behavior in social networks - in this case, poor sleep patterns - influences the spread of another behavior, adolescent drug use.

The study, led by Sara C. Mednick, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System, will be published March 19 in PLoS One.

"This is our first investigation of the spread of illegal drug use in social networks," said Mednick. "We believe it is also the first study in any age population on the spread of sleep behaviors through social networks."

More about it here.

 

[YourFace]

that could also mean good behaviors in adolescents and adults result in a positive influence in teens and children, which I'm sure everyone can agree on

 

[MasterOfABCs]

This is silly.

I swear, social networking will be the downfall of civilization.

 

[AnthraxXx]

This is silly.

I swear, social networking will be the downfall of civilization.

Could start World War III perhaps.

 

[Monsterous]

Facebook vs Myspace?
If so, we need to find the cause!

 

[TheDamien]

This is silly.

I swear, social networking will be the downfall of civilization.

They're talking about this sort of social network. Not the Facebook sort.