Developmental changes in sleep biology and potential effects on adolescent behavior and caffeine use
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Adolescent development includes changes in the biological regulatory processes for the timing of sleep. Circadian rhythm changes and changes to the sleep-pressure system (sleep homeostasis) during adolescence both favor later timing of sleep. These changes, combined with prevailing social pressures, are responsible for most teens sleeping too late and too little; those who sleep least report consuming more caffeine. Although direct research findings are scarce, the likelihood of use and abuse of caffeine-laden products grows across the adolescent years due, in part, to excessive sleepiness.
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Some studies suggest an association between caffeine consumption and longer term behavioral problems in youth, such as anger, violence, sleep disturbances, and alcohol and drug use.
“Some studies suggest an association between caffeine consumption and longer term behavioral problems in youth, such as anger, violence, sleep disturbances, and alcohol and drug use (180, 184).”
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- Authors
- Carskadon, M. A., & Tarokh, L.
- Affiliations
- University of South Australia (AU)
- University of Bern (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Carskadon, Mary A
- Venue
- Nutrition Reviews
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2014-10
- Volume
- 72
- Pages
- 60-64
- ISSN
- 0029-6643 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4658519
- OpenAlex
- W2108880993
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 25
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- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nutrition Reviews (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- reroDoc Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- BORIS (University Library Bern) (submittedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5k05mh001358-03, MH01358)
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH52415, MH01358, R01MH052415, R01MH076969, MH58879, R25MH058879, MH076969)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR008381, NR08381)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Keywords
- adolescent sleep, circadian rhythm, sleep homeostasis, sleep timing, caffeine consumption, excessive sleepiness, adolescent behavior, sleep deprivation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Caffeine, Circadian Rhythm, Homeostasis, Humans, Sleep, Adolescent Development, Energy Drinks
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