List of contributors; Foreword William C. Dement; Preface Mary A. Carskadon; 1. Sleep and adolescence: a social psychologist's perspective Stanford M. Dornbusch; 2. Factors influencing sleep patterns of adolescents Mary A. Carskadon; 3. Endocrine changes associated with puberty and adolescence Gary S. Richardson and Barbara A. Tate; 4. Maturational changes in sleep-wake timing: longitudinal studies of the circadian activity rhythm of a diurnal rodent Barbara A. Tate, Gary S. Richardson and Mary A. Carskadon; 5. Nutrition and circadian activity offset in adolescent rhesus monkeys Mari S. Golub, Peter T. Takeuchi and Tana M. Hoban-Higgins; 6. Toward a comparative developmental ecology of human sleep Carol M. Worthman and Melissa K. Melby; 7. Sleep patterns of high school students living in São Paulo, Brazil Miriam Andrade and L. Menna-Barreto; 8. Sleep patterns and daytime function in adolescence: an epidemiological survey of an Italian high school student sample Flavia Giannotti and Flavia Cortesi; 9. Risks of driving while sleepy in adolescents and young adults Mary A. Carskadon; 10. What can the study of work scheduling tell us about adolescent sleep? Roger H. Rosa; 11. Accommodating the sleep patterns of adolescents within current educational structures: an uncharted path Kyla L. Wahlstrom; 12. Bridging the gap between research and practice: what will adolescents' sleep-wake patterns look like in the twenty-first century? Amy R. Wolfson; 13. Influence of irregular sleep patterns on waking behavior Christine Acebo and Mary A. Carskadon; 14. Stress and sleep in adolescence: a clinical-developmental perspective Avi Sadeh and Reut Gruber; 15. The search for vulnerability signatures for depression in high-risk adolescents: mechanisms and significance James T. McCracken; 16. The regulation of sleeparousal, affect, and attention in adolescence: some questions and speculations Ronald E. Dahl; Index.