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We address the problem of (de)synchronization of times in childhood and youth. We want to investigate the effects the student chronotype vs. the school schedule match/mismatch on health and learning, time use and wellbeing. Among European education systems, the Spanish case has different school time arrangements for the same age groups which allows to distinguish between split and compact school schedules to examine the consequences for the lives of children and youth of the (mis)match between student chronotype and school schedule.
Recent evidence from chronobiology, chronomedicine, and chronopsychology questions the organization of social times (school, extracurricular...) that do not respect biological times, in particular in relation to sleep, atention, eating, physical activity and out-door time. In the areas of both health and education there is concern about the consequences for health and academic performance of a permanent mismatch between the social and internal clocks of students. The novelty of our study is that it addresses this relevant and complex issue in a multidisciplinary way using a mixed methodology.
Project financed by Grant PID2021-126846NA-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and Grant CIACO/2023/120.
| Presenting author | Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan |
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