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Teen night owls likely to perform worse academically, emotionally

• ccvannorman 13y ago
  Maybe I'm missing something but this doesn't look credible at all. Correlation vs causation is not mentioned; isn't it a big deal that "[depressed/family stressed/chemically imbalanced] people more prone to bad grades/emotional problems are also likely to not want to go to bed at a reasonable hour"?
  • Zancarius 13y ago
    I agree. Plus, school schedules are also inherently incompatible with true night owl behavior. So, for what it's worth, there's no additional data point to compare against, say, a school that starts later in the day. I think a more useful metric would be university courses where students have some degree over selection. Otherwise, this "study" isn't so much about how terrible someone's academic performance is because they go to bed late as much as it is a study that simply confirms sleep deprivation affects academic performance (fancy that).
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