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Lili Nie1, Donghong Jiang1, Saizheng Weng2
1School of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China.
Abstract:
Insufficient sleep has been linked to anxiety in (pre)adolescents, but the distinct associations of weekday and weekend sleep remain unclear. We analyzed data from 3,686 students (ages 9-15) on their typical weekday and weekend sleep durations over the past six months and their anxiety symptoms in the past week. A total of 31.6% of participants reported sleeping less than 8 hours on weekdays, compared to only 7.5% on weekends. The prevalence of anxiety symptoms was 57.6%. Shorter weekday sleep duration was associated with increased anxiety risk in a dose-response pattern, particularly among females, middle school students, and only children. In contrast, weekend sleep duration, weekday-weekend sleep compensation, and their interaction were not significantly associated with anxiety risk. These findings do not support a protective role of weekend sleep compensation for anxiety risk; instead, they highlight the necessity of maintaining adequate sleep throughout the weekday for this population.
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