Sleep Problems of Junior High School Students in Taipei

The Relationship Between Reported Sleep Quality and Sleep Hygiene in Italian and American Adolescents

“…Existing cross-cultural examinations of adolescent sleep are scarce, 33 and there is only a modest collection of international studies on sleep quality during this developmental period. 3,[13][14][15][16][17] Using these reports to make cross-cultural comparisons has been difficult because of differences in operational definitions of sleep-related variables, sample sizes, measures, and administration procedures. Cultural comparisons are of intrinsic value, because they permit evaluation of the benefits and consequences of cultural practices.…”

“…10 Community-and school-based studies conducted in Europe, Asia, and the United States suggest that between 6% and 37% of adolescents report difficulties on ≥1 of the following behavioral dimensions of sleep quality: going to bed, 11,12 falling asleep, 3,13-17 maintaining undisturbed sleep, 10,16-18 reinitiating sleep after nocturnal awakenings, 3,16,17 and returning to wakefulness in the morning. 7,9,15,17 Furthermore, up to 16% of adolescents are considered to have clinically significant insomnia. 16,19,20 There is ample evidence that inadequate sleep quantity and quality are linked to significant problems in several aspects of teenagers' lives.…”

“…26 Insufficient and irregular teenage sleep have been the focus of a number of investigations, and important biological and social influences have been identified. 5,12,15,27,28 Disturbed sleep quality is likely attributable to many of the same factors. Models used in the investigation of sleep quality during early childhood view sleep as occurring within the context of both internal factors (biological, maturational, health related, psychosocial) and external factors (familial, environmental, cultural), which directly or indirectly influence how well children sleep.…”

Shiftworking families: parents' working schedule and sleep patterns of adolescents attending school in two shifts

“…The data for actual parental control of adolescents' bedtime and wake-up time are limited and differ between countries. 2,4,5,12 A comparison of adolescents (ages 10-11, 12-13 and high school) in the USA showed that parental control of bedtime on school nights was less frequent for high school adolescents than younger groups of adolescents. 2 At the same time, control of wake-up time, either imposed by parents or by alarm clock, was more frequent in older groups of adolescents.…”

“…However, a relative increase of alarm clock use and decrease of parental control of wake-up time was observed amongst high school adolescents. 2 high school students 5 and Taipei junior high school students 4 have shown that parental control of sleep schedule decreases with age of adolescents, both for bedtime and wake-up time. In a study of Japanese junior high school adolescents 12 parental control of bedtime during earlier childhood was found to attenuate phase shift to eveningness in adolescent boys.…”