The hazards of bad sleep-Sleep duration and quality as predictors of adolescent alcohol and cannabis use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although an association between adolescent sleep and substance use is supported by the literature, few studies have characterized the longitudinal relationship between early adolescent sleep and subsequent substance use. The current study examined the prospective association between the duration and quality of sleep at age 11 and alcohol and cannabis use throughout adolescence.

Methods

The present study, drawn from a cohort of 310 boys taking part in a longitudinal study in Western Pennsylvania, includes 186 boys whose mothers completed the Child Sleep Questionnaire; sleep duration and quality at age 11 were calculated based on these reports. At ages 20 and 22, participants were interviewed regarding lifetime alcohol and cannabis use. Cox proportional hazard analy

SUBMITTER: Mike TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5086262 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature