Emotion regulation difficulties and sleep quality in adolescence during the early stages of the COVID-19 lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adolescence is a period of vulnerability for emotion regulation and sleep difficulties, risks that might be compounded by intense COVID-19 lockdowns and challenges. The aim of this study was to investigate how sleep quality related to emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents during lockdown in Perú.

Methods

Participants were 2563 adolescents enrolled in Innova school in Perú (11-17 years) in May 2020. Hypotheses were derived from exploring one half of the sample, preregistered at https://osf.io/fuetz/, and then confirmed in the second half of the sample. Participants completed subjective surveys of sleep quality (short PSQI) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form (DERS-SF).

Results

Worse sleep quality was robustly associated wit

SUBMITTER: Yang CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature