Later School Start Times: What Informs Parent Support or Opposition?

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To investigate parental knowledge about adolescent sleep needs, and other beliefs that may inform their support for or objection to later school start times.

Methods

In 2014, we conducted a cross-sectional, Internet-based survey of a nationally representative sample of parents as part of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. Parents with teens aged 13-17 years reported their children's sleep patterns and school schedules, and whether the parents supported later school start times (8:30 am or later). Responses associated with parental support of later school start times were examined with logistic regression analysis.

Results

Overall, 88% of parents reported school start times before 8:30 am, and served as the analysis s

SUBMITTER: Dunietz GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5482580 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature