Understanding adolescents' sleep patterns and school performance: A critical appraisal

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 491-506

  Wolfson, Amy R ^a   Carskadon, Mary A ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; School performance; School start times; School reported grades; Self reported grades; Sleep patterns; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0346264741     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-0792(03)90003-7     Document Type: Review

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