Associations of adverse childhood experiences with adolescent total sleep time, social jetlag, and insomnia symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with sleep problems in adulthood, but less research has focused on ACEs and sleep during adolescence. The goal of the present study was to explore associations between ACEs reported at ages 5 and 9 years, and sleep (ie, total sleep time (TST), social jetlag, and insomnia symptoms) at age 15.

Methods

Participants comprised 817 families from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a nationally representative sample of children born to unwed parents. Number of ACEs was constructed from primary-caregiver reports at ages 5 and 9, and sleep measures (ie, TST, social jetlag, and insomnia symptoms) were derived from adolescent-reported sleep behaviors at age 15.

Results

Adjusting for sex and race/ethn

SUBMITTER: Rojo-Wissar DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9012105 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature