Morningness-Eveningness and Health-Related Quality of Life among Adolescents

Abstract

Accumulating evidence suggests that evening-type adolescents are exposed to a number of determinants that might have a negative impact on their health condition. Given that few studies have investigated the association between chronotype and quality of life measures in large samples of adolescents, the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between morningness-eveningness and health-related quality of life among 1600 adolescents (aged 12-16 years). Adolescents completed the Veçú et Santé Perçue de L'adolescent (VSP-A) and the Morningness-Eveningness Scale for Children (MESC). Girls and older adolescents reported worse health indicators and were more evening oriented. Evening-type adolescents obtained lower scores on vitality, physical and psychological well-being, body image, relations with parents, relations with teachers, school work and global health scale.

Measures of circadian preference in childhood and adolescence: A review

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A Twin Study of Genetic Influences on Diurnal Preference and Risk for Alcohol Use Outcomes

“…Preliminary evidence suggests that evening-type diurnal preference is associated with poor diet 21 and depression 22 and has adverse effects on measures of quality of life in adolescents. 23 We previously showed an association between evening type and habitual short and long sleep duration in a twin sample. 12 Since both short and long sleep are associated with adverse health outcomes, [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] these fi ndings suggest that the evening type may represent an endophenotype for poor health.…”

Morningness–eveningness and performance-based emotional intelligence

“…In particular, morningness has been consistently shown to be related to more advantageous facets of well-being (Prieto et al 2012). Furthermore, eveningness has been linked to greater depressiveness both in healthy individuals (Hidalgo et al 2009;Levandovski et al 2011) and in clinical conditions (Ahn et al 2008;Hasler et al 2010).…”