Morningness–eveningness and sleep habits among adolescents: age and gender differences

Previous research has indicated the need to use large samples in different cultural contexts in order to clarify age and gender differences on morningness-eveningness and sleep habits. The goal of our research was to study the relationship between morningness-eveningness and sleep habits in a large...

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Autores: Collado Mateo, María José, Díaz Morales, Juan Francisco, Escribano Barreno, Cristina, Delgado Prieto, Pedro, Randler, Christoph
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44708
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44708
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:159.922
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Morningness-eveningness
Anxiety trait
Gender
Adolescence
Matutinidad-vespertinidad
Ansiedad rasgo
Sexo
Adolescencia
Psicología diferencial
Aptitudes e inteligencia (Psicología)
Personalidad
6105.01 Psicología Diferencial
6111 Personalidad
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Sumario:Previous research has indicated the need to use large samples in different cultural contexts in order to clarify age and gender differences on morningness-eveningness and sleep habits. The goal of our research was to study the relationship between morningness-eveningness and sleep habits in a large sample of 2,649 adolescents between 12 and 16 years. The Morningness- Eveningness Scale for Children and an adaptation of the School Sleep Habits Survey measures were used. Results indicated a greater tendency toward eveningness with age and higher eveningness in 13- and 14-year-old girls. Older adolescents claimed later rising time on weekends, later bedtime and shorter sleep length, and greater social jetlag, weekend rise time delay, and weekend bedtime delay. Girls reported earlier rising time on weekdays, later rising time on weekends, longer sleep length on weekends, and greater social jetlag and weekend rising time delay. Lastly, evening oriented adolescents claimed later rising time and bedtime, shorter sleep length on weekdays but longer sleep duration on weekends, and greater social jetlag, weekend rising time delay, and weekend bedtime delay.