Daily associations between family interaction quality, stress, and objective sleep in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To better understand the short-term impact of family interactions on adolescent sleep, this study examined daily associations between family interaction quality and sleep duration, sleep maintenance efficiency, and subjective sleep quality.

Methods

Participants were 517 diverse youth (M_age = 15.4 years, Range = 15-18) in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study who completed daily reports of family interaction quality, mood and subjective sleep quality and provided actigraphy-based estimates of sleep duration and sleep maintenance efficiency.

Results

Following days when youth reported that they got along with their parents, they slept 26 minutes (95% CI [2.93, 49.88]) longer. Youth who reported greater quality interactions with other family

SUBMITTER: Bai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8821137 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature