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Adolescents staying awake late due to excessive screen time and irregular routines is an example of difficulties caused mainly by:

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UPTET 2026 Paper 2 Social Studies Question Paper (3-Jul-2026) (Shift 1)
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Environmental factors

Excessive screen time and irregular daily routines are external, lifestyle-related conditions surrounding the adolescent, not biological or innate traits.

Because these habits arise from the adolescent's surroundings, habits, and daily context, staying awake late due to them is best explained as a difficulty caused by environmental factors.

This has no connection to reflex weakness, motor coordination, or intelligence deficits, none of which relate to screen usage or routine irregularity.

Therefore, this behaviour is an example of difficulties caused mainly by environmental factors.

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