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Sleep in adolescence: sex matters?
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- Relationship between social anxiety and sleep quality in depressed adolescents: the mediating role of internet addiction.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Emotion regulation difficulties and sleep quality in adolescence during the early stages of the COVID-19 lockdown.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
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- Shedding Light on the Lifestyle and Participation of Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Conditions-Data from the HBSC 2018 Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Adherence to Combined Healthy Movement Behavior Guidelines among Adolescents: Effects on Cardiometabolic Health Markers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Daytime sleepiness underlies the link between adverse parenting and youth psychopathology among adolescent girls.Journal of adolescence · 2021Article
- Prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with meeting the 24-hour movement guidelines in a sample of Brazilian adolescents.PloS one · 2020Article
- The impact of sleep problems during late childhood on internalizing problems in early-mid adolescence.Behavioral sleep medicineArticle
- Relationships between internet addiction, quality of life and sleep problems: a structural equation modeling analysis.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
- National Survey on the importance of sleep in the quality of academic life and mental health of college students in Portugal.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveSleep is of upmost importance for everybody and especially for adolescents who face life and leisure challenges that may impair their sleep. This study aimed to verify if girls are at a higher risk to present sleep problems and if associations of a sleep perception are different between sexes even when accounting for biological maturation.
methodsData is from the HBSC Portuguese survey 2014, all variables were self-reported. Participants were 3869 adolescents (2057 girls), mean age 14.8 years. Participants' socio-demographic characteristics included sex, age, school grade, father and mother education; besides participants were inquired about sleep duration and characteristics of their sleep quality.
resultsSleep deprivation was reported by 13.1% of the adolescents (girls 14.3%, boys 11.7%, DISCUSSION: Together with screen time, substance use, poorer nutrition, sedentary behaviours and abuse of screen time, sleep is an issue that must be addressed by professionals, families and public policies with impact in family life and family routines. Modelling a health education in schools should include the sleep topic. In addition, yes, sex matters and must be included on board.
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