Adolescent Sleep, Risk Behaviors, and Depressive Symptoms: Are They Linked?
Methods : Selfreport surveys of 242 youth (93.4 white, mean age 16.4 years).
Results : Longer weekday sleep duration was inversely associated with depressive symptoms, past month alcohol use, and drunkenness. Later weekend bedtime and wake-times, compared to those of weekdays, were associated with increased substance use and truancy.
Conclusions : Weekday sleep duration appears to be protective for substance use, depression and school truancy for teenagers. However, inconsistent sleep patterns between weekdays and weekends were associated with a range of markers for adolescent risk.
Keywords: adolescents; depressive symptoms; risk behaviors; sleep
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: March 1, 2010
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