Sleep and Delinquency: Does the Amount of Sleep Matter?
Sleep and Delinquency: Does the Amount of Sleep Matter?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-010-9594-6
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发表时间：
2011-07-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Anderson, Amy L.
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作者：
Clinkinbeard, Samantha S.;Simi, Pete;Anderson, Amy L.
睡眠是健康的一个关键指标，它与各种健康指标有关，因此获得充足睡眠的人通常会体验到更好的健康。此外，睡眠不足与广泛的负面发展结果有关，但对青少年犯罪感兴趣的研究人员在很大程度上忽视了睡眠。本研究的目的是通过使用国家青少年健康纵向研究第1波的数据（n = 14，382; 50.2%女性，63.5%白色），探讨青少年睡眠时间与犯罪行为之间的关系。一系列负二项回归表明，每晚睡眠时间通常为7小时或更少的年轻人比睡眠时间为8-10小时的年轻人报告了更多的财产犯罪。此外，报告每晚睡眠5小时或更少的青年报告的暴力犯罪明显多于报告每晚睡眠建议小时数的青年。研究结果表明，睡眠是犯罪行为的一个重要但被忽视的方面，关注青少年健康的研究应该进一步调查睡眠不足的影响。最后，作者建议在更全面的犯罪预防和干预方法的背景下考虑睡眠和其他相关的健康行为。
Sleep, a key indicator of health, has been linked to a variety of indicators of well-being such that people who get an adequate amount generally experience greater well-being. Further, a lack of sleep has been linked to a wide range of negative developmental outcomes, yet sleep has been largely overlooked among researchers interested in adolescent delinquency. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between hours of sleep and delinquent behavior among adolescents by using data from Wave 1 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 14,382; 50.2% female, 63.5% white). A series of negative binomial regressions showed that youth who typically sleep seven or fewer hours per night reported significantly more property delinquency than youth who sleep the recommended 8-10 h. Further, youth who reported sleeping 5 or fewer hours per night reported significantly more violent delinquency than youth who reported sleeping the recommended number of hours per night. The findings suggest that sleep is an important, and overlooked, dimension of delinquent behavior and studies that focus on adolescent health should further investigate the effects of insufficient sleep. Finally, the authors recommend that sleep and other relevant health behaviors be considered in the context of more comprehensive approaches to delinquency prevention and intervention.