By National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Youth, and Families Board on Children, Forum on Adolescence, Mary G. Graham
Sleep isn't just a organic necessity but in addition a physiological force. In present day fast moving global, notwithstanding, a very good night's sleep is usually first thing to head. the consequences of insufficient sleep are greater than mere annoyances: they have an effect on our temper and the way we practice in class, paintings, and residential and at the back of the wheel. misplaced sleep additionally accumulates over the years; the extra "sleep debt " a person incurs, the higher the adverse results, in accordance with researchers within the field.
Research on youth and sleep has been below method for greater than 20 years, and there's transforming into proof that kids are developmentally liable to sleep problems. to debate present study during this sector and its implications within the coverage, public, well-being, and academic arenas, the discussion board on formative years of the Board on young ones, adolescence, and households held a workshop, entitled Sleep wishes, styles, and problems of youth, on September 22, 1999.
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CHANGING SCHOOL STARTING TIMES Among the responses proposed to alleviate adolescent sleep problems, some school districts have considered changing their school starting times. Workshop participants learned of research in the Minneapolis metropolitan area on attitudes toward such a change and preliminary findings from schools that actually implemented later starting times. m. start to 8:30. m. at seven of its high schools. , 1999). The schools studied represent different socioeconomic groups and levels of diversity among student populations.
How can more complete and methodologically sound comparisons be drawn between adolescent sleep patterns in the United States and those in other industrialized countries? • What are the costs and benefits of measures to counter the problem of inadequate adolescent sleep? As research on these and other important questions continues, the growing knowledge should be applied to designing interventions that promote better sleep habits and improve the health and safety of adolescents. These include more effective identification of sleep problems in young people and approaches for reducing automobile accidents caused by drowsy drivers.