Complex relationships between adolescents and their sleep (sleep patterns, use of new media, and impact on next day’s activity)

S Royant-Parola,S Legris

doi:10.1051/odfen/2018040

Abstract

During adolescence, sleep changes physiologically and biologically. It is during this period of life that development and learning takes place. However, new teenager sleep behaviors appear. A decrease in weekly sleep time and a jet lag during weekends contribute to the deterioration of teenager’s sleep. The use of new social media plays a detrimental role, with a strong negative correlation between time spent on those and sleep time. Teenagers suffering from sleep deprivation develop well-identified consequences such as diurnal fatigue, lack of attention, more anxiety, poor self-esteem, and also an increased risk of obesity and depression. Teenage sleep is a real public health issue.

Highlights

A teenager is anyone aged [13–18] years and is biologically defined by sexual maturation, the date of the first period for girls, and a number of characteristics in boys, according to the Tanner scale, which precisely defines bone maturation and specific age
Teenagers tend to be quite drowsy in the afternoon. They still need a lot of sleep due to major maturation phases, in terms of their psychological and cognitive development as well as their education, especially in middle or high school. This describes the normal sleep of the teenager
This study shows that home devices are important for 98.3% of teenagers having an internet connection

Summary

Can you define the criteria for normal sleep in adolescents?

The normal sleep of teenager is a sleep that has matured compared with that of young children. Teenagers tend to be quite drowsy in the afternoon They still need a lot of sleep due to major maturation phases, in terms of their psychological and cognitive development as well as their education, especially in middle or high school. This describes the normal sleep of the teenager. Teenagers are often multi-tasking: listening to music, watching videos, performing internet searches, and using social networks These communication tools, which are an integral part of their social lives, have an effect on their rhythms by giving off light at a time when light should be dimmed. Adolescents experience a dual shift in sleep patterns, physiological on the one hand and social on the other, reinforcing each other at this time in their lives

Can you clarify the relationship between sleep and weight?

Could you explain the psychological consequences of this sleep deprivation?

Can you define delayed sleep phase?

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