Cyberbullying and Sleep Disturbance Among Early Adolescents in the U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between cyberbullying (victimization and perpetration) and sleep disturbance among a demographically diverse sample of 10-14-year-old early adolescents.

Methods

We analyzed cross-sectional data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (Year 2, 2018-2020) of early adolescents (10-14 years) in the US. Modified Poisson regression analyses examined the association between cyberbullying and self-reported and caregiver-reported sleep disturbance measures.

Results

In a sample of 9,443 adolescents (mean age 12.0 years, 47.9% female, 47.8% white), 5.1% reported cyberbullying victimization, and 0.5% reported cyberbullying perpetration in the past 12 months. Cyberbullying victimization in the past 12 months was associate

SUBMITTER: Nagata JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10291005 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature