Sleep is in for Summer: Patterns of Sleep and Physical Activity in Urban Minority Girls

Urban minority girls are at risk for summertime weight gain, and may also experience insufficient summertime sleep. Few studies have objectively measured sleep in this population or examined correlates, including physical activity (PA). This study is the first to objectively describe summertime slee...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric psychology 2016-07, Vol.41 (6), p.692-700
Hauptverfasser: Bates, Carolyn R, Bohnert, Amy M, Ward, Amanda K, Burdette, Kimberly A, Kliethermes, Stephanie A, Welch, Sarah B, Silton, Rebecca L, Dugas, Lara R
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Zusammenfassung:Urban minority girls are at risk for summertime weight gain, and may also experience insufficient summertime sleep. Few studies have objectively measured sleep in this population or examined correlates, including physical activity (PA). This study is the first to objectively describe summertime sleep among urban minority girls. Data were collected at a community-based summer program that promoted PA (n = 60 girls, ages 10-14 years), at two time points: before beginning programming (T1; unstructured context) and during the final week of programming (T2; structured context). At both time points, participants experienced shorter nighttime sleep than the recommended amount for girls their age. African American girls recorded significantly less sleep than Latina girls in the unstructured context. Findings also suggest that sleep schedules have an influential role in youths' abilities to obtain adequate sleep. Overall, summertime sleep is an understudied health behavior that may be important to consider among minority youth.
ISSN:0146-8693
1465-735X
DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/jsw009