Negative Effects of Sleep Deprivation

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Type of Study: Systematic Review of Primary Research

Summary: This article examines the health implications of sleep deprivation in teens. Scientists compiled research from many different studies and concluded that sleep deprivation can potentially result in risk taking behavior, obesity, psychological health issues, and physical health issues, among other things.

Scientists identify specific conclusions from the study:

  • “Sleep plays an important role in healthy adolescent development.
  • Inadequate sleep, both in quantity and in quality, is pervasive in adolescents.
  • Inadequate sleep is associated with significant negative consequences in everyday aspects of adolescent health and functioning including somatic and psychosocial health, academic performance and risk taking behavior.
  • Clinicians, educators, parents and policymakers should acknowledge that the pervasive effects of chronic sleep debt in adolescents have become a serious public health issue.
  • Sleep clinicians and researchers should design and implement targeted social interventions aimed at both at increasing sleep quantity and improving sleep quantity in adolescents while assessing possible effects on functional outcomes in this population” (Shocat).
Link to the source:http://nw7pf8as2n.search.serialssolutions.com/?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2fj.smrv.2013.03.005&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.aulast=Shochat&rft.aufirst=T.&rft.issn=10870792&rft.volume=18&rft.issue=1&rft.date=2014-02&rft.spage=75&rft.epage=87&rft.pages=75-87&rft.artnum=&rft.title=Sleep+Medicine+Reviews&rft.atitle=Functional+consequences+of+inadequate+sleep+in+adolescents%3a+Asystematic+review&rfr_id=info:sid/Elsevier:ScopusShochat, T. (2014). Functional Consequences of Inadequate Sleep in Adolescents: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 18(1), 75-87.