Relationships Among Sleepiness, Sleep Time, and Psychological Functioning in Adolescents

Relationships among sleepiness, sleep time, and psychological functioning in adolescents.

OBJECTIVE This study examined associations among adolescent sleepiness, sleep duration, variability in sleep duration, and psychological functioning (symptoms of anxiety, depression, externalizing behaviors, and perceived health). METHODS This was a cross-sectional analysis of data from a community-based cohort study of sleep and health. Participants were 247 adolescents (48.6% female, 54.3% ...

Relationships among psychological functioning, dental anxiety, pain perception, and coping in children and adolescents.

This study's purpose was to examine relationships among dental anxiety, psychological functioning, coping, and pain perception in child and adolescent dental patients and their parents. Participants were recruited from private dental offices and included 129 9- to 15-year-old patients and 84 parents. The children completed self-report measures of dental anxiety, dental coping, and pain percepti...

Sleep quality and sleepiness in nurses

  Background : There are a few studies to assess nurses’ sleep quality and sleepiness in the Iranian context. This study thus was carried out to examine the prevalence of sleepiness and sleep quality among nurses in South East of Iran.   Subjects and methods : The study applied a descriptive, explorative design.252 nurses randomly selected from Kerman University Hospitals during winter 2009. Us...

Sleep problems, tiredness, and psychological symptoms among healthy adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To examine the contribution of adolescents' sleep problems and tiredness to psychological symptoms after accounting for shared risk and psychological co-morbidity. METHODS Secondary analyses of cross-sectional data on 12-16-year-old (N = 980) adolescents without chronic illness, functional limitation, or developmental delay. Adolescents rated sleep problems, tiredness, and psycholog...

A Dissertation Entitled Relationships among Psychological Functioning, Dental Anxiety, Pain Perception, and Coping in Children and Adolescents By