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Daily associations between family interaction quality, stress, and objective sleep in adolescents
Sunhye Bai1, Orfeu M Buxton2, Lindsay Master2
1Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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 (Mage = 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 members on average had longer sleep duration, and youth who reported higher levels of family stress perceived lower sleep quality.
Conclusions:
Findings highlight the importance of considering daily family life, including the quality of brief family interactions, as an entry point for future sleep interventions for adolescents.
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