title: Temporal Relationships Between Napping and Nocturnal Sleep in Healthy Adolescents.
abstract: Many adolescents do not achieve the recommended 9 hr of sleep per night and report daytime napping, perhaps because it makes up for short nocturnal sleep. This article tests temporal relationships between daytime naps and nighttime sleep as measured by actigraphy and diary among 236 healthy high school students during one school week. Mixed model analyses adjusted for age, race, and gender demonstrated that shorter actigraphy-assessed nocturnal sleep duration predicted longer napping (measured by actigraphy and diary) the next day. Napping (by actigraphy and diary) predicted shorter nocturnal sleep duration and worse sleep efficiency that night measured by actigraphy. Diary-reported napping also predicted poorer self-reported sleep quality that night. Frequent napping may interfere with nocturnal sleep during adolescence.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Karen P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Jakubowski
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychiatry , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Martica H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychiatry , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Laisze
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychiatry , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044469:Racial Groups; D057566:Self Report; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult