Abstract
Objective: To explore how weekday and weekend sleep patterns are related to adolescent substance use, depressive symptoms, and school truancy. Methods: Self-report 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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 237-248 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | American journal of health behavior |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Depressive symptoms
- Risk behaviors
- Sleep