Olson and co-authors Nicholas Eaton at Stony Brook University and Aidan Key of Gender Diversity, a Seattle organization that provides training and runs support groups for families of gender - nonconforming children, specifically
focused their study on transgender children who were living
as their identified gender in all aspects of their lives, who came from supportive home environments, and who had not yet reached
puberty.
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.