Sleep efficiency (but not sleep duration) of healthy school-age children is associated with grades in math and languages

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1517-1525

  Gruber, Reut ^a,b   Somerville, Gail ^c   Enros, Paul ^c   Paquin, Soukaina ^a   Kestler, Myra ^c   Gillies Poitras, Elizabeth ^c  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Riverside School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Actigraphy; Pediatrics; Report cards; School; Sleep duration; Sleep efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACTIMETRY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL STATUS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ACTIGRAPHY; ART; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84918820922     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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