Modifiable Parental Factors and Adolescent Sleep During Early Adolescence

How are modifiable parental factors when children are 9 to 11 years of age associated with adolescent sleep at 13 to 14 years of age, and what are the mediating and moderating factors?In this cohort study of 3419 adolescents, family conflict and parental psychopathology were associated with later sleep timing, later chronotype, and poorer sleep quality, whereas parental monitoring was associated with better sleep quality and parental warmth with earlier chronotype in girls. Screen use mediated associations with sleep timing and chronotype, while emotional regulation mediated the association with sleep quality.These findings suggest that sex-informed, family-based interventions may improve adolescent sleep health.

Corresponding Authors: Rosalind Ge, MSc (saig@student.unimelb.edu.au), and Vanessa Cropley, PhD (vcropley@unimelb.edu.au), Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3053, Australia.

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