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| Research article summary (published 30 May 2002): |
Routine evening naps and night-time sleep patterns in junior high and high school students.
Full Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between napping and night-time sleep patterns in junior high and high school students. A questionnaire concerning sleep-related lifestyle was given to about 10,000 junior high and high school students. Approximately 50% of the junior high and high school students take at least one nap per week. More than 30% of students take naps later than 17.00 hours. The late naps delayed students' bedtime; that is, onset of night-time sleep. The bedtime of students of university-bound high schools was later than that of students of vocation-bound high schools. The more frequently students took naps, the later they went to bed. Frequent late naps delayed bedtime and, hence, shortened the length of night-time sleep.
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Author/s: Fukuda, Kazuhiko (K); Ishihara, Kaneyoshi (K);
Affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Fukushima University, Kanayagawa, Japan. kfukuda(-atsign-)educ.fukushima-u.ac.jp
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (Psychiatry Clin Neurosci), published in Australia. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 56 (issue 3) : pp 229-30
Dates: Created 2002/06/05; Completed 2002/09/27; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12047570, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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