Teen Sleep

Needs
RYAN HINSHAW
Recommended and Realistic

Broad ranges

Differs for everyone

Deficient sleep is common, especially in adolescents

Deficient sleep ≤ 6 hours per night

Healthy sleep opportunity = up to 10 hours in bed

(Fischer, 2008)
  Strong Night-to-night Variability in
adolescents sleep schedules
 A general recommended amount of sleep
across all pubertal stages is 9.2 and this sleep
need is NOT reduced during adolescence.
Reality of Sleep  Approximately~ 45% to 85% of sixth to 12th
grade students report sleeping less than the
Hours recommended amount
 44% reporting difficulty staying awake
during school
 Students report receiving less than 8 hours of
sleep on average school nights

(Noland, 2009)
 Distractions
Once a consistent sleep and
wake schedule is
interrupted it can be
difficult to correct
Afternoon naps give rise to
late nights
What are some of your
distractions from sleep?

(Sakira, 2014)
Cognitive, Physical, And Emotional Effects

 Hinders auditory attention capture

 Sleep loss greatly effects active sustained attention tasks
 Emotional regulation becomes difficult
 Increase in stress, mood swings, decreased motivation, and
an increase in behavior and emotional problems.
 Sleep deprivation increases depressive symptoms
 Exhaustion paired with increased hunger leads to obesity

(Bortoletto, 2011) (Noland, 2009)

(Noland, 2009)
(Hopkins Medicine, 2020)
Potential Solutions

Delay Delay school start time

Educate Educate students on the negative effects of sleep deprivation

Explain Explain the positives of a routine sleep schedule

Reach out Reach out to parents and the community with information

(Coletta, 2020)
References

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10.1111/j.1751-228X.2008.00024.x
 Noland, H., Price, J.H., Dake, J. and Telljohann, S.K. (2009), Adolescents’ Sleep Behaviors and Perceptions of Sleep. Journal
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 Lemola, Sakari et al. “Adolescents’ Electronic Media Use at Night, Sleep Disturbance, and Depressive Symptoms in the
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