Toward a Comparative Developmental Ecology of Human Sleep

"Toward a Comparative Developmental Ecology of Human Sleep" by Carol Worthman and Melissa Melby

Worthman and Melby are perhaps the first anthropologists to consider the question: how do people in traditional societies sleep? By combing through the research of several ethnographers, they begin to sketch a picture of the sleep behavior of 10 contemporary non-Western societies. Of particular focus are sleep practices and rituals that occur around the onset of adolescence.

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Print Source: Worthman, Carol M. and Melissa K. Melby. "Toward a Comparative Developmental Ecology of Human Sleep." Adolescent Sleep Patterns: Biological, Social, and Psychological Influences. Ed. Mary A. Carskadon. Cambridge UP, 2002.