Adolescent sleep patterns biological, social, and psychological influences
There is a growing concern in relation to the problem of insufficient sleep, particularly in the United States. In the early 1990s a Congressionally mandated commission noted that insufficient sleep is a major contributor to catastrophic events, such as Chernobyl and the Exxon Valdez, as well as per...
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Cambridge ; New York :
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2002.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Sleep and Adolescence: A Social Psychologist s Perspective; 2. Factors Influencing Sleep Patterns of Adolescents; 3. Endocrine Changes Associated with Puberty and Adolescence; 4. Maturational Changes in Sleep-Wake Timing: Longitudinal Studies of the Circadian Activity Rhythm of a Diurnal Rodent; 5. Nutrition and Circadian Activity Offset in Adolescent Rhesus Monkeys; 6. Toward a Comparative Developmental Ecology of Human Sleep; 7. Sleep Patterns of High School Students Living in São Paulo, Brazil
- 8. Sleep Patterns and Daytime Function in Adolescence: An Epidemiological Survey of an Italian High School Student Sample9. Risks of Driving While Sleepy in Adolescents and Young Adults; 10. What Can the Study of Work Scheduling Tell Us about Adolescent Sleep?; 11. Accommodating the Sleep Patterns of Adolescents within Current Educational Structures: An Uncharted Path; 12. Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: What Will Adolescents Sleep-Wake Patterns Look Like in the 21st Century?; 13. Influence of Irregular Sleep Patterns on Waking Behavior
- 14. Stress and Sleep in Adolescence: A Clinical-Developmental Perspective15. The Search for Vulnerability Signatures for Depression in High-Risk Adolescents: Mechanisms and Significance; 16. The Regulation of Sleep-Arousal, Affect, and Attention in Adolescence: Some Questions and Speculations; Index
