Reciprocal relations between objectively measured sleep patterns and diurnal cortisol rhythms in late adolescence

Katharine H. Zeiders; Leah D. Doane; Emma K. Adam

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.08.012

Reciprocal relations between objectively measured sleep patterns and diurnal cortisol rhythms in late adolescence

Katharine H. Zeiders, Leah D. Doane, Emma K. Adam

School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

Purpose: To examine how hours of sleep and wake times relate to between-person differences and day-to-day changes in diurnal cortisol rhythms in late adolescence. Methods: Older adolescents (N = 119) provided six cortisol samples (wakeup, +30 minutes, +2 hours, +8 hours, +12 hours, and bedtime) on each of three consecutive days while wearing an actigraph. We examined how average (across 3 days) and day-to-day changes in hours of sleep and wake times related to diurnal cortisol patterns. Results: On average, more hours of sleep related to steeper decline in cortisol across the days. Day-to-day analyses revealed that the hours of sleep of the previous night predicted steeper diurnal slopes the next day, whereas greater waking cortisol levels and steeper slopes predicted more hours of sleep and a later wake time the next day. Conclusion: Our results suggest a bidirectional relationship between sleep and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	566-571
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume	48
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.08.012
State	Published - Jun 2011

Funding

Work on this paper was supported in part by a William T. Grant Scholars Award and an Institute for Policy Research Faculty Fellowship to Dr. Adam, and by NIMH R01 MH65652 (R. Zinbarg, P.I). Funding supporting the training of the first author was provided by the School of Social and Family Dynamics' Intensive Summer Interdisciplinary Experience Graduate Fellowship .

Keywords

Actigraphy
Adolescence
Cortisol
Diary studies
Diurnal rhythms
HPA axis
Naturalistic
Sleep

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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