Should middle and high schools start after 8:30 a.m.?
com. As adolescents go through puberty, the timing of melatonin release — the hormone that promotes sleep — tends to shift later. As a result, teenagers often find themselves falling asleep and waking up later. However, when schools start early in the morning, adolescents are often required to wake up earlier than their natural body clocks would prefer.…
Adolescents experience a shift in the timing of melatonin release during puberty, causing them to naturally fall asleep and wake up later. Schools that begin too early in the morning force teenagers to wake up earlier than their bodies would prefer, contributing to the phenomenon known as "social jetlag." This discrepancy between weekday and weekend sleep schedules is linked to anxiety among adolescents, according to a recent study published in the journal Sleep Medicine Reviews.
Researchers from the University of Southampton's psychology department conducted a systematic review of 18 studies examining the connection between social jetlag and anxiety in teenagers aged 12 to 18. By analyzing data from 12 of these studies involving 235,526 adolescents, the researchers discovered that adolescents with greater differences in sleep schedules between weekdays and weekends were more likely to experience anxiety.
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