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Sleep and risk-taking behavior in adolescents

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O'Brien, E. M., & Mindell, J. A. (2005). Sleep and risk-taking behavior in adolescents. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 3(3),113-33.

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Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between adolescents' sleep-wake patterns and risk-taking behavior. A second goal was to replicate the results obtained by Wolfson and Carskadon (1998) regarding adolescents' sleep habits. Three hundred eighty-eight adolescents (217 males, 171 females) completed the Sleep Habits Survey and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The results indicated that adolescents who reported longer weekend delay and higher levels of sleep problems also reported significantly higher levels of risk-taking behaviors, and students' weekend delay was also related to their academic performance in this sample. As in the sample studied by Wolfson and Carskadon (1998), the adolescents in this study exhibited changes in both weekday and weekend sleep habits across grade/age. However in the present study, only school-night total sleep time and weekend delay were related to adolescents' daytime functioning, with no significant relationships being found between weekend oversleep and daytime functioning. This provides partial support for the findings of Wolfson and Carskadon (1998). Overall, sleep-wake patterns were found to relate to risk-taking behavior during adolescence in this study.

 

MeSH Terms
    Adolescent
    Circadian Rhythm
    Comorbidity
    Cross-Sectional Studies
    Disorders of Excessive Somnolence/epidemiology
    Disorders of Excessive Somnolence/psychology
    Educational Status
    Female
    Health Surveys
    Humans
    Male
    Pennsylvania
    Periodicity
    Risk-Taking*
    Sleep Deprivation/epidemiology
    Sleep Deprivation/psychology
    Sleep Wake Disorders/epidemiology
    Sleep Wake Disorders/psychology*
    Statistics as Topic
    Surveys and Questionnaires
    Wakefulness

 

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