Daily concordance between parent and adolescent sleep habits

Andrew J Fuligni; Kim M Tsai; Jennifer L Krull; Nancy A Gonzales

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.09.013

Daily concordance between parent and adolescent sleep habits

J Adolesc Health. 2015 Feb;56(2):244-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.09.013.

Authors

Andrew J Fuligni¹, Kim M Tsai², Jennifer L Krull³, Nancy A Gonzales⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: afuligni@ucla.edu.
² Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
³ Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the daily concordance between parent and adolescent daily sleep habits, how that concordance compares to other predictors of sleep, and whether the degree of concordance varies across families.

Methods: A total of 421 adolescents (Mage = 15.03 years) and their primary caregivers (Mage = 41.93 years) reported their sleep, bed, and wake times on a daily basis for a 2-week period. Approximately 80% of the sample repeated the same protocol 1 year later.

Results: Multilevel modeling indicated a significant concordance between parent and adolescent sleep, bed, and wake times on a daily basis. Concordance existed independent of other predictors of sleep such as day of the week and adolescent study time. Larger families and those with higher levels of parent-adolescent support exhibited greater concordance.

Conclusions: Adolescent sleep is connected to the sleep habits of their parents, above and beyond commonly known structural and experiential factors that can shape teenage sleep. Efforts to improve teenage sleep should pay greater attention to the sleep patterns of parents and potentially other family members.

Keywords: Adolescence; Family; Sleep.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Caregivers
Family
Female
Habits
Humans
Male
Mexican Americans
Parent-Child Relations*
Parents
Sleep*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors

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