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New Delhi, May 1. Teenagers who are popular in school are less likely to get their recommended eight to 10 hours of sleep each night, revealed a study on Wednesday...
Researchers from Sweden and Australia found that with increasing school demands, activities, more independence from parents, and relationships with peers, popular children especially girls experience more insomnia symptoms...
It is because of a later melatonin onset and increased alertness in the evening, revealed the study published in the journal Frontiers in Sleep...
In particular, popular girlsbut not boysreported more insomnia symptoms, said Dr Serena Bauducco, a sleep researcher at Orebro University...
They found that those defined as more popular slept less than their peers, the most popular ones up to 27 minutes.. Further, more popular girls experienced more insomnia symptoms, such as difficulties falling or staying asleep or waking up too early...
