Sleep restriction worsens mood and emotion regulation in adolescents

The relationship between inadequate sleep and mood has been well-established in adults and is supported primarily by correlational data in younger populations. Given that adolescents often experience shortened sleep on school nights, we sought to better understand the effect of experimentally induced chronic sleep restriction on adolescents' mood and mood regulation.Fifty healthy adolescents, ages 14-17, completed a 3-week sleep manipulation...