Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach
Good sleep contributes to health and performance. However, insufficient and poor sleep are very common among adolescents today. This study examines cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep and activity patterns across Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, S...
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| description | Good sleep contributes to health and performance. However, insufficient and poor sleep are very common among adolescents today. This study examines cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep and activity patterns across Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, and the UK, using an innovative 24-hour time-use approach with time-diary data (N = 25,248 diaries; mean age 15.4 years; 50.3% girls). Sleep duration ranges from 7:21 hours (South Korea) to 8:46 hours (South Africa, UK) on schooldays and from 9:13 hours (South Korea) to 10:33 hours (Netherlands) on non-schooldays. South Africa shows the earliest and Spain the latest sleep onsets and wake-up-times. Insufficient sleep duration (i.e. less than 8 hours) ranges from 19% (South Africa) to 69% (South Korea) on schooldays. Activity patterns before sleep (e.g. eating, screen time, studying) also differ strongly across countries. Our findings could support policy makers in developing effective strategies to improve adolescent sleep. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2bc142692af24f7f9b83caa728a5f7262025-08-20T02:19:37ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth0267-38432164-45272024-12-0129110.1080/02673843.2024.2335198Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approachJoan Garcia-Roman0Pablo Gracia1Giulia Zerbini2Carrer de Ca n’Altayó, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Medical Psychology and Sociology, Institute of Theoretical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, GermanyGood sleep contributes to health and performance. However, insufficient and poor sleep are very common among adolescents today. This study examines cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep and activity patterns across Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, and the UK, using an innovative 24-hour time-use approach with time-diary data (N = 25,248 diaries; mean age 15.4 years; 50.3% girls). Sleep duration ranges from 7:21 hours (South Korea) to 8:46 hours (South Africa, UK) on schooldays and from 9:13 hours (South Korea) to 10:33 hours (Netherlands) on non-schooldays. South Africa shows the earliest and Spain the latest sleep onsets and wake-up-times. Insufficient sleep duration (i.e. less than 8 hours) ranges from 19% (South Africa) to 69% (South Korea) on schooldays. Activity patterns before sleep (e.g. eating, screen time, studying) also differ strongly across countries. Our findings could support policy makers in developing effective strategies to improve adolescent sleep.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2024.2335198Adolescencesleeptime usetime-diary datacross-national comparisons |
| spellingShingle | Joan Garcia-Roman Pablo Gracia Giulia Zerbini Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach International Journal of Adolescence and Youth Adolescence sleep time use time-diary data cross-national comparisons |
| title | Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach |
| title_full | Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach |
| title_fullStr | Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach |
| title_short | Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach |
| title_sort | cross national differences in adolescents sleep patterns a time use approach |
| topic | Adolescence sleep time use time-diary data cross-national comparisons |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2024.2335198 |
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