Sleep duration and sleeping difficulties among adolescents: exploring associations with school stress, self‐perception and technology use

Jakobsson, Malin; Josefsson, Karin; Jutengren, Göran; Sandsjö, Leif; Högberg, Karin

doi:10.1111/scs.12621

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“…The design was descriptive, with a survey research approach with an open‐ended question . The study was a part of a larger questionnaire survey performed May–June 2015 in a city of Sweden . The larger study described adolescents’ self‐reported sleep duration and sleeping difficulties, and explored their associations with school stress, self‐perception and technology use .…”

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“…The study was a part of a larger questionnaire survey performed May–June 2015 in a city of Sweden . The larger study described adolescents’ self‐reported sleep duration and sleeping difficulties, and explored their associations with school stress, self‐perception and technology use . Of the n = 937 adolescents at 13 schools in the larger study, n = 475 expressed self‐assessed sleeping difficulties and comprise the sample for this study (Fig.…”

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Reasons for sleeping difficulties as perceived by adolescents: a content analysis

Jakobsson

Josefsson

Högberg

2019

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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Sleeping difficulties are increasingly prevalent among adolescents worldwide and have negative consequences for adolescent health and education. The aim of this study was to describe the reasons for sleeping difficulties as perceived by adolescents. Sleeping difficulties include insufficient sleep, trouble falling asleep, waking up at night or sleep that does not leave an individual rested. Data were collected in 2015 using an open-ended question. The sample consisted of n = 475 adolescents from a city in Sweden, aged 15-16 years, with self-assessed sleeping difficulties. The results described the reasons for the adolescents' sleeping difficulties, at a general, thematic level, as an imbalance between requirements and preconditions, distributed to stress, technology use, poor sleep habits, existential thoughts, needs and suffering. To find a balance in their daily lives, adolescents may need support from parents, school nurses and school health services to deal with their sleeping difficulties.

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Reasons for sleeping difficulties as perceived by adolescents: a content analysis

Jakobsson

Josefsson

Högberg

2019

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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“…The key findings were that sleeping <7 hr per night was associated with overweight/obesity, school failure, and a poor economic situation. Other studies from Sweden and the United States have also found associations between a short sleep duration and academic performance (Fulugni et al, 2018;Jakobsson et al, 2019;Titova et al, 2015;Wernette & Emory, 2017). Also, Titova et al (2015) found that school failure was more common among students who slept <7-8 hr, and their study also found an association between sleep quality and school failure, especially among girls, that is, girls complaining of sleep problems are at risk for failing school subjects.…”

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Association Between Sleep Duration, Obesity, and School Failure Among Adolescents

Litsfeldt

Ward

Hagell

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The Journal of School Nursing

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The aim of this study was to investigate the association between sleep duration, overweight/obesity, and school failure using data obtained from self-reported questionnaires completed by 13- to 15-year-olds in Sweden ( n = 1,363; 50.7% female). The height and weight of the participants were measured by school nurses. A multiple logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the association between sleep duration and overweight/obesity, school failure, and perceived economic situation. A short sleep duration (<7 hr) was associated with overweight/obesity ( p = .001), school failure ( p = .007), and poorer perceived economic situation ( p = .004). Modifying the sleep habits of adolescents is a potential target for obesity intervention as well as for improving school success. This information is particularly well suited for school nurses to disseminate to students and their parents.

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“…was 30 -40 % (8). Likewise, a Swedish study conducted in 2019 showed that 55% of Swedish adolescents slept less than the recommended 8 hours per night (9).…”

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“…Approximately 40% of the population sleep less than recommended (9). Therefore, a large part of the population is at risk for suffering from consequences of sleep deprivation.…”

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Effects of sleep deprivation on empathy for pain and emotion regulation: A behavioral and neuroimaging study

Graniittiaho¹

2020

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Introduction: Emotion regulation and empathy are affected by sleep deprivation. Whether these effects are caused by changes in neural activity in regions regulating the functions is unknown. When well-rested, cortical activity regulates emotional reactions and empathy by decreasing activity in the amygdalae. Neural activity can be measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of one night of sleep deprivation on empathy for pain and emotion regulation through cognitive reappraisal, that is, intentional downregulation. We hypothesized that sleep deprivation would lead to decreased cortical activity and increased activity in amygdalae. Material and Methods: 35 healthy, young participants underwent fMRI after one night of sleep deprivation and one night of habitual sleep. Behaviorally, empathy was assessed by comparing self-reported unpleasantness between painful images and non-painful images, and reappraisal was investigated by comparing unpleasantness between instructions to downregulate and maintain. fMRI was performed to measure neural activity during the task. Results: Participants reported less unpleasantness when viewing painful images when sleep-deprived (p < 0.001). Sleep deprivation caused no decrease in ability to reappraise, nor did sleep deprivation cause decrease in cortical fMRI-signals. Activity in the amygdalae was non-significantly increased in sleep-deprived condition (p = 0.13). Conclusions: As hypothesized, the empathic response to pictures of pain was decreased during sleep deprivation. However, no decrease in ability to reappraise was found. Sleep deprivation did not cause changes in neural activity that would support our hypothesis of decreased inhibitory cortical activity.

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Sleep duration and sleeping difficulties among adolescents: exploring associations with school stress, self‐perception and technology use

Cited by 31 publications

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Reasons for sleeping difficulties as perceived by adolescents: a content analysis

Reasons for sleeping difficulties as perceived by adolescents: a content analysis

Association Between Sleep Duration, Obesity, and School Failure Among Adolescents

Effects of sleep deprivation on empathy for pain and emotion regulation: A behavioral and neuroimaging study

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