Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Adolescent Sleep Patterns
- 1 Sleep and Adolescence: A Social Psychologist's Perspective
- 2 Factors Influencing Sleep Patterns of Adolescents
- 3 Endocrine Changes Associated with Puberty and Adolescence
- 4 Maturational Changes in Sleep-Wake Timing: Longitudinal Studies of the Circadian Activity Rhythm of a Diurnal Rodent
- 5 Nutrition and Circadian Activity Offset in Adolescent Rhesus Monkeys
- 6 Toward a Comparative Developmental Ecology of Human Sleep
- 7 Sleep Patterns of High School Students Living in São Paulo, Brazil
- 8 Sleep Patterns and Daytime Function in Adolescence: An Epidemiological Survey of an Italian High School Student Sample
- 9 Risks of Driving While Sleepy in Adolescents and Young Adults
- 10 What Can the Study of Work Scheduling Tell Us about Adolescent Sleep?
- 11 Accommodating the Sleep Patterns of Adolescents within Current Educational Structures: An Uncharted Path
- 12 Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: What Will Adolescents' Sleep-Wake Patterns Look Like in the 21st Century?
- 13 Influence of Irregular Sleep Patterns on Waking Behavior
- 14 Stress and Sleep in Adolescence: A Clinical-Developmental Perspective
- 15 The Search for Vulnerability Signatures for Depression in High-Risk Adolescents: Mechanisms and Significance
- 16 The Regulation of Sleep-Arousal, Affect, and Attention in Adolescence: Some Questions and Speculations
- Index
- References
14 - Stress and Sleep in Adolescence: A Clinical-Developmental Perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Adolescent Sleep Patterns
- 1 Sleep and Adolescence: A Social Psychologist's Perspective
- 2 Factors Influencing Sleep Patterns of Adolescents
- 3 Endocrine Changes Associated with Puberty and Adolescence
- 4 Maturational Changes in Sleep-Wake Timing: Longitudinal Studies of the Circadian Activity Rhythm of a Diurnal Rodent
- 5 Nutrition and Circadian Activity Offset in Adolescent Rhesus Monkeys
- 6 Toward a Comparative Developmental Ecology of Human Sleep
- 7 Sleep Patterns of High School Students Living in São Paulo, Brazil
- 8 Sleep Patterns and Daytime Function in Adolescence: An Epidemiological Survey of an Italian High School Student Sample
- 9 Risks of Driving While Sleepy in Adolescents and Young Adults
- 10 What Can the Study of Work Scheduling Tell Us about Adolescent Sleep?
- 11 Accommodating the Sleep Patterns of Adolescents within Current Educational Structures: An Uncharted Path
- 12 Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: What Will Adolescents' Sleep-Wake Patterns Look Like in the 21st Century?
- 13 Influence of Irregular Sleep Patterns on Waking Behavior
- 14 Stress and Sleep in Adolescence: A Clinical-Developmental Perspective
- 15 The Search for Vulnerability Signatures for Depression in High-Risk Adolescents: Mechanisms and Significance
- 16 The Regulation of Sleep-Arousal, Affect, and Attention in Adolescence: Some Questions and Speculations
- Index
- References
Summary
The sleep-wake system during adolescence has been characterized by significant and unique features, including the sleep-phase shift toward delayed bedtime, growing sleep needs, and daytime sleepiness. In addition, many adolescents adopt disorganized sleep-wake patterns including dramatic weekday-weekend variations in their sleep schedule. In light of the debate on the extent of the inherent turmoil and instability of this developmental stage, the striking findings on the adolescent sleep-wake system are particularly interesting, as they demonstrate instability and lack of biobehavioral homeostasis.
The present review addresses two major issues: the relationships between normal adolescent developmental stressors and sleep; and the effects of extraordinary life stressors and traumatic events on sleep in adolescents. These issues are discussed in the context of theoretical models of stress and coping.
Adolescence: A Period of Storm and Stress?
Adolescence is a period of rapid psychosocial and biobehavioral changes and significant emotional turmoil. Adolescents experience many dramatic physical changes associated with the growth spurt and sexual maturation. Pubertal changes are manifested in the appearance of secondary sex signs, in the first episodes of menarche, and in nocturnal emission and ejaculation. In the psychosocial sphere, the adolescent is developing high cognitive skills heavily based on abstract thinking, metacognition, and critical thinking. Psychosocial issues related to identity formation, autonomy, intimacy, sexual behavior and orientation, social status, and academic and professional careers set the stage for intense emotional and cognitive processes.
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- Adolescent Sleep PatternsBiological, Social, and Psychological Influences, pp. 236 - 253Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002
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