TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent napping behavior
T2 - Comparisons of school week versus weekend sleep patterns
AU - Gradisar, Michael
AU - Wright, Helen
AU - Robinson, Julie
AU - Paine, Sarah
AU - Gamble, Amanda
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - Adolescents typically sleep in on weekends to catch up on their school-week sleep debt. This study explored adolescents' napping behavior by comparing weekly sleep patterns with non-nappers. Older adolescents (n = 231) completed sleep questionnaires. Approximately 32% napped on average 4 times/week, typically around 16.00 hours. Nappers had a significantly delayed sleep timing compared to non-nappers (P < 0.0001). Although both nappers and non-nappers obtained more sleep on weekends by sleeping in (P < 0.0001), the data suggest that most nappers appear to catch up on school-week sleep debt by not only sleeping in on weekends, but by also napping during the school week.
AB - Adolescents typically sleep in on weekends to catch up on their school-week sleep debt. This study explored adolescents' napping behavior by comparing weekly sleep patterns with non-nappers. Older adolescents (n = 231) completed sleep questionnaires. Approximately 32% napped on average 4 times/week, typically around 16.00 hours. Nappers had a significantly delayed sleep timing compared to non-nappers (P < 0.0001). Although both nappers and non-nappers obtained more sleep on weekends by sleeping in (P < 0.0001), the data suggest that most nappers appear to catch up on school-week sleep debt by not only sleeping in on weekends, but by also napping during the school week.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=47649125153&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2008.00351.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2008.00351.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:47649125153
SN - 1446-9235
VL - 6
SP - 183
EP - 186
JO - Sleep and Biological Rhythms
JF - Sleep and Biological Rhythms
IS - 3
ER -