Feasibility of an At-Home Experimental Circadian Misalignment Induction for Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Despite extensive research on the effects of sleep restriction on adolescent health, the field lacks experimental methods to study the health effects of mistimed sleep, which is also common among adolescents. This paper describes a novel 3-week experimental protocol that was designed to compare sleep restriction, like what many adolescents experience on school nights, against sleep that meets the recommended duration but is timed to be relatively aligned or misaligned with their circadian phase. Healthy 14-18-year-olds, classified as early ("Lark") and late ("Owl") chronotypes, entered a six-night chronotype-aligned stabilization condition, followed by five nights of sleep restriction, a return to the stabilization schedule, and five nights of healthy sleep duration (HS). During HS, partic

SUBMITTER: Beebe DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843903 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature