Childhood sleep is prospectively associated with adolescent alcohol and marijuana use.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prior studies have examined the cross-sectional relationship between adolescent sleep and substance use; however, fewer have explored the long-term connections between childhood sleep and adolescent substance use.

Methods

This study investigated both cross-sectional associations during adolescence and prospective associations between childhood weeknight sleep and later alcohol and marijuana use in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a diverse national birth cohort of urban children from 20 cities with populations greater than 200,000. Parents reported their child's bedtime at ages 3, 5, and 9 and their child's sleep duration at ages 5 and 9.

Results

At age 15, adolescents self-reported their bedtime, sleep duration, and alcohol and marijuana

SUBMITTER: Krishnan AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11387129 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature