How Sleep Timing and Emotion Control Affect Teens' Delays in Going to Bed, Linked by Their Sleep Habits

Poor sleep hygiene may mediate the relationship between chronotype and bedtime procrastination in adolescents.

• Adolescents with an evening chronotype may have more difficulty regulating their emotions.
• Lower emotion regulation is associated with increased instances of bedtime procrastination.
• The study suggests that adolescents with evening chronotype may exhibit more bedtime procrastination due to poor sleep hygiene.

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