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Latina adolescent sleep and mood: an ecological momentary assessment pilot study
Carolyn Garcia1, Lei Zhang, Katie Holt
1School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Problem:
Sleep and mood represent two important malleable opportunities for adolescent health. This study investigated the sleep-mood relationship in adolescent girls.
Methods:
Short-term, longitudinal design. Latina adolescents (N = 19, mean age 15) completed ecological momentary assessments on sleep (perceived quality, self-report quantity) and mood (negative affect, positive affect, and positivity ratio).
Findings:
Adolescents sent 1,598 texts on sleep and mood. Bidirectional sleep-mood relationships were in expected directions; negative affect and the positivity ratio affect predicted adolescents' sleep quality.
Conclusions:
Interventions should encourage sleep-mood relationship awareness, and further research should identify significant differences to inform tailored interventions with adolescents.
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