social jet lag

Definitions

The difference in the timing of a person's sleep period (measured as average midpoint of his/her sleep period) between workdays and rest days.

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Examples

“His^([Till Roenneberg's]) team also studied stimulant use⟳ among the same volunteers and found that those suffering from social jet lag were much more likely to smoke⟳.”

“2015 December, Siramon Reutrakul, Kristen L. Knutson, Consequences of Circadian Disruption on Cardiometabolic Health, Phyllis C. Zee (editor), Science of Circadian Rhythms, Sleep⟳ Medicine Clinics, Volume 10, Number⟳ 4, Elsevier, page 460, For example, going to bed at a different time on work⟳ or school days than on free days or weekends can lead⟳ to social jet lag, which may also be associated with cardiometabolic function.”

“In humans, the most common circadian disruptors include⟳ environmental lighting (including both the exposure to low light⟳ during daytime or electric light⟳ sources during nighttime), shift work⟳ (which implies the exposure to abnormal light⟳ cycles and the interference of work⟳ hours with sleep⟳ timing, jet lag from transmeridian travel⟳ (which requires the adaptation of body clocks to a new time zone), social jet lag (temporal differences between the endogenous clock and the social clock) and sleep⟳ disorders (Bedrosian et al. 2015 in press⟳).”

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