Sentences with phrase «adolescent sleep functioning»
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Sleep deficits reduce brain function, further disturbing areas in which even well - rested adolescents struggle: executive function, self - control and judgment.
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The article, titled «Later School Start Time is Associated with Improved Sleep and Daytime Functioning in Adolescents,» appears in the current issue of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.
«Later school start times improve sleep and daytime functioning in adolescents.»
He uses actigraphy and various imaging technologies to measure changes in brain function that reflect consciousness, sleep, performance, mood states, and reward after drug administration or drug - related cues in adults and adolescents.
En route to the pat redemptive resolution, better brace yourself for a flurry of bodily function gags ranging from an adolescent pooping into a sleeping man's hand to a German guy giving a gagging sheep the Heimlich maneuver.
Every first - period teacher who has looked across a classroom of drooping eyelids and nodding heads is familiar with the effect of a high school day that starts at 7:30 A.M. Jodi Mindell, associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told the Associated Press, «Sleep not only serves as a restorative function for adolescents» bodies and brains, but it also is a key time when they process what they've learned during the day.»
Professor Paul Montgomery, lead researcher, University of Birmingham said: «We want people to be aware that sleep deprivation in adolescents is a real problem which affects their functioning, their wellbeing and even their academic performance.
Recent research has also focused on circadian rhythms in adolescents as a function of puberty; the role of circadian phase preference on daytime sleepiness patterns; and the influence of alcohol use and the history of parental alcohol use on sleep patterns and circadian rhythms of young people.
Mary A. Carskadon's research focus includes circadian rhythms and puberty; changes in how sleep pressure functions in adolescents; the role of morning - type or evening - type preference on sleep behaviors; sleep loss and genetic predictors of depressed mood in college students; and sleep patterns and food intake.
The current study seeks to address this gap by examining the extent to which sleep functioning mediates the effects by parental warmth on different measures of adolescent problem behaviors.
Moreover, there is evidence that loneliness exacerbates the association between adolescents» self - reported daytime stress and actigraphy - assessed nighttime sleep functioning (Doane and Thurston 2014).
It is important to note that not all studies have found an association between sleep functioning and adolescent behavior problems.
We used generalized mixed models to examine cross-sectional associations of family functioning and quality of mother - and father - adolescent relationship with adolescent / young adult weight status, disordered eating, intake of fast food and sugar - sweetened beverages, screen time, physical activity, and sleep duration.
Surprisingly few studies have investigated the degree to which adolescent peer relationships affect sleep functioning and vice versa.
Although it is clear that the family environment has an important impact on children's sleep functioning (Bartel et al. 2014; Meltzer and Montgomery - Downs 2011), the role of the family environment in promoting adolescents» optimal or disturbed sleep remains poorly understood.
In addition to biologically - based structures and networks described below that can shed light on the associations between inadequate sleep and ADHD (as well as attention problems more broadly), adolescents with ADHD experience a host of functional impairments that often extend to multiple domains of functioning.
Adolescents with parent - set bedtimes have earlier bedtimes and obtain more nighttime sleep and also experience less fatigue and improved daytime functioning (Short et al. 2011).
Several studies have found poorer sleep functioning to be concurrently associated with adolescent - reported suicidal ideation (Do et al. 2013; Roane and Taylor 2008; Sarchiapone et al. 2014; Yen et al. 2010).