“…Recent research also highlights the high level of variability in nightly sleep duration during adolescence (Cysarz et al, 2018, Urbanek et al, 2018). Nightly sleep variability is associated with multiple health risks in adolescents; including, increased risk of obesity and poor diet (He et al, 2015; Malone et al, 2016), chronic inflammation (Park et al, 2016), substance use (Haynie et al, 2017, Nguyen-Louie et al, 2018), behavioral disorders (Zhang et al 2017), and mental health problems/negative mood (Bei et al, 2017, Fuligni and Hardway, 2006, Zhang et al, 2017). Thus, in addition to the health risks posed by insufficient mean hours of sleep (Wahlstrom, Berger, & Widome, 2017), variability in sleep may produce health disadvantages among adolescents who are unable to establish regular sleep schedules.…”