Sleep difficulties and adolescent internalising symptoms: The moderating role of sleep regularity.

ABSTRACT: Adolescent sleep health is a global health concern. Sleep difficulties have detrimental consequences for adolescent mental health; however, prior research has typically focussed on a single dimension of sleep, used self-reported data, and relied on cross-sectional designs. Using 14 days of self-reported daily diaries and actigraphy-measured sleep data, this study addressed these gaps by examining the daily associations between sleep difficulties (e.g. longer sleep onset latency, greater sleep disturbance) and adolescent internalising symptoms, with sleep regularity as a moderator of these associations. The sample included 350 adolescents (69.1% females; M_age = 14.27, SD = 0.61; 21.32% African American, 40.3% Asian American, 34.9% Latinx, and 2.5% other ethnic/racial minorities)

SUBMITTER: Yan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12353120 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature