A school-refuser: his rest-activity rhythm involved multiple circadian components.
In a 950-day observation, a school- refuser showed a freerunning circadian rest-activity rhythm of 24.5 h interrupted intermittently by days of irregular rest-activity cycle. The interruption may be explained by an interaction between two desynchronized rhythmic components; one is freerunning and the other is of 24.0 h. The symptoms of emotional disorder were observed more frequently during days of interruption.
D000204:Activity Cycles; D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012146:Rest; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*