学校开学时间和早期青少年睡眠中的种族差异
Tiffany Yip1, Jinjin Yan1, Meng-Run Zhang1
1Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, United States.
Sleep health
|August 1, 2025
概括
较晚的上学开始时间有利于白人青少年的睡眠时间,但不是其他种族群体. 这突出了学校开学时间作为早期青少年睡眠健康公平的一个因素.
科学领域:
- 睡眠科学 睡眠科学
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 在健康方面的种族差异.
背景情况:
- 许多美国社区正在推迟学校开学时间,以改善青少年的睡眠.
- 睡眠时间和质量的种族差异已得到充分证实.
- 学校开学时间对早期青少年睡眠的影响,特别是跨种族群体,尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查学校开学时间和行为摄影评估的睡眠持续时间,开始和抵消之间的关系,在一个全国性样本的种族多样性早期青少年.
- 调查这些关联是否因种族化群体而有所不同.
主要方法:
- 在青少年大脑认知发展 (ABCD) 研究中利用了3522名早期青少年 (年龄为11.5岁) 的数据.
- 评估睡眠持续时间,发病和偏移使用动图.
- 在不同种族化群体中,学校开始时间和睡眠参数之间的估计关联,控制共变量.
主要成果:
- 较晚的学校开学时间与较长的睡眠时间,较晚的睡眠开始和较晚的睡眠偏移在白人早期青少年中有关.
- 拉丁裔早期青少年与白人早期青少年相比,学校开学时间延迟和工作日睡眠时间之间的关联较弱.
- 学校开学时间与其他种族少数群体早期青少年的睡眠时间没有显著的关联.
结论:
- 较晚的学校开学时间对睡眠时间的好处主要观察到白人早期青少年.
- 研究结果表明,学校开学时间可能不对所有种族群体都有同等的好处,这凸显了它们在睡眠健康公平方面的作用.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解这些差异背后的机制,并为青少年提供公平的睡眠健康策略.
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