Is Sleep a Commodity to Trade-Off for Generation Z?_ Crimson Publishers

 Is Sleep a Commodity to Trade-Off for Generation Z? by Amrit Kumar Jha* in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Research Studys_ Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy

Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to throw light on the depreciating level of sleep and the repercussion among the present youths, popularly known as Gen Z or the iGens. The mini review intends to bring the past researches exploring youth’s attitude toward sleep and understanding the factors that promote sleep deprivation. It was found that cultural, technological, and social factors are the potent reasons behind their sleep deprivation. Given the burgeoning size of youth and their indispensability, it is felt that the sleep-wake cycle and mindset toward sleep need to be corrected at the earliest.

Is Sleep a Commodity to Trade-Off?
Mr. X is an undergrad student of Psychology major. He works as a part timer in an online sales company post-college hour. After finishing his class in the afternoon, he joins his duty and works till 9-10PM in the night, sometimes extending into midnight. Post-dinner, after hitting the bed, he is glued to his mobile and laptop, checking the mails, enjoying the pleasantries through chatting and video calling his friends on Whats app, uploading pictures on Facebook and Instagram, forcing him to sleep late, only to wake early in the morning to live his life in the fixed sleep-wake routine. The aforementioned case represents the present lifestyle of todays’ youth. UN defined youths in the age category of 15-23 years. Going by this definition in present time, the eldest youth of today was born in 1997 and the youngest in 2005. In generational study, people born in this year range are labeled as Generation- Z or the netizens or the iGens [1]. Together with their immediate predecessors, millennials (born between 1981-1996), they constitute about 63% of the world population. Recognized as ambitious, achievers, innovators, tech-savvy, on one hand and narcissist, impulsive, impatient on the other [1], they are already influencing the globe at present, courtesy the rise of start-ups and unicorns. Continuing this trend, they will have massive role in defining the future

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