Starting romantic relationships or going through a breakup can have a negative impact on adolescents’ sleep patterns, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania studied 7,000 Chinese students who were in the 7th, 8th or 10th grade at the beginning of the study. The youth completed questionnaires about their romantic experiences within the previous year and their sleep patterns.Researchers also noted the teens’ age, sex, smoking, alcohol use, family socioeconomic status, parents’ marital status, and depressive symptoms.
The researchers found that teens had a 41% increase in insomnia if they had started a relationship; a 35% increase if they had been in a breakup; and a 45% increase if they had both in the previous year.
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