News Finding: "This study has added to the existing literature by establishing the relationship between two sleep variables -- sleep difficulties and hours of sleep -- and the odds of serious alcohol- and drug-related problems in a nationally representative sample."
Paper Finding: However, because substance use was not a focus of the study, the relationships between sleep difficulties and a number of important substance-related problems were not analyzed.
News Context: For example, the problems may have an immediate impact of an automobile accident, or may result is a reduction of future job opportunities because of lost educational engagement. "This study has added to the existing literature by establishing the relationship between two sleep variables -- sleep difficulties and hours of sleep -- and the odds of serious alcohol- and drug-related problems in a nationally representative sample." Both Wong and Roehrs believe that parents can play a significant role regarding their adolescents' sleep habits.
Paper Context: Another study using ADD HEALTH data reported that the frequency of having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep in the last 12 months at a previous wave increased the likelihood of one or more of the following alcohol-related problems (N = 6,504) -having problems at school or with school work, having problems with friends, having problems with someone they were dating, and getting into a physical fight over the last 12 months due to their drinking at T2 and T3. However, because substance use was not a focus of the study, the relationships between sleep difficulties and a number of important substance-related problems were not analyzed. As we pointed out earlier, national data indicated that many adolescents (as much as 45%) did not get enough sleep .