Waters Allison M, Gibson Lily, Sluis Rachel A, Modecki Kathryn L
School of Applied Psychology and Centre for Mental Health, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt Campus, Brisbane, Australia.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01610-0.
Short and long nightly sleep durations are associated with anxiety and depression symptoms among adolescents. However, studies have not used recommended hours of nightly sleep or focused on sleep patterns across weekdays and weekends in examining links with anxiety and depression symptoms. The present study included 709 adolescents in Grade 11 (402 females; 307 males) who self-reported hours of sleep on weeknights and weekends and anxiety and depression symptoms. Using the recommended 8-10 h to define average nightly sleep for adolescents, sleep patterns across weekdays and weekends were categorised into seven classes: short stable, short increasing, average decreasing, average stable, average increasing, long decreasing, and long stable. Relative to average stable sleepers, short stable, short increasing, and long stable sleepers had significantly higher anxiety and depression. Adolescents require 8-10 h of sleep on weeknights, regardless of weekends, for optimal emotional wellbeing.
青少年夜间睡眠时间短和长均与焦虑和抑郁症状相关。然而，在研究与焦虑和抑郁症状的关联时，此前的研究未采用推荐的夜间睡眠时间，也未关注工作日和周末的睡眠模式。本研究纳入了709名11年级的青少年（402名女生；307名男生），他们自行报告了工作日夜晚和周末的睡眠时间以及焦虑和抑郁症状。采用推荐的8至10小时来定义青少年的平均夜间睡眠时间，将工作日和周末的睡眠模式分为七类：短且稳定、短且增加、平均且减少、平均且稳定、平均且增加、长且减少、长且稳定。相对于平均睡眠稳定的青少年，睡眠短且稳定、短且增加以及长且稳定的青少年具有显著更高的焦虑和抑郁水平。无论周末情况如何，青少年在工作日夜晚需要8至10小时的睡眠，以实现最佳的情绪健康状态。
