Department of Social Sciences and Psychology, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA.
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Jun;50(6):1254-1267. doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01410-6. Epub 2021 Feb 27.
While sleep problems are positively associated with both peer victimization and substance use, previous studies largely have ignored the indirect role sleep problems may play in this association. This three-wave longitudinal study aimed to determine whether sleep problems might link peer victimization to subsequent substance use. Participants were 986 youth (53.7% female, M = 12.32 [SD = 0.54 years], 55.6% White, 24.4% Latinx, 22.8% African American/Black, 11.1% Multiracial/Multiethnic, 13.4% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 6.4% Native American) from three U.S. public middle schools. A structural equation model controlling for multiple potential confounds revealed an indirect effect of peer victimization on substance use through sleep problems. Multiple group analyses indicated that the indirect effect was larger for females than for males. Effects did not differ across school socioeconomic level. The results provide further support to include peer victimization when considering factors that may influence adolescent sleep issues and subsequent substance use.
虽然睡眠问题与同伴侵害和物质使用都呈正相关，但先前的研究在很大程度上忽略了睡眠问题在这种关联中可能发挥的间接作用。本项三波纵向研究旨在确定睡眠问题是否会将同伴侵害与随后的物质使用联系起来。参与者是来自美国三所公立中学的 986 名青少年（53.7%为女性，M=12.32[SD=0.54 岁]，55.6%为白人，24.4%为拉丁裔，22.8%为非裔美国人/黑人，11.1%为多种族/多种族裔，13.4%为亚洲/太平洋岛民，6.4%为美洲原住民）。一个控制了多种潜在混杂因素的结构方程模型显示，同伴侵害通过睡眠问题对物质使用产生间接影响。多组分析表明，这种间接影响在女性中比在男性中更大。在不同学校的社会经济水平中，这种影响并无差异。研究结果进一步支持了在考虑可能影响青少年睡眠问题和随后物质使用的因素时，将同伴侵害包括在内。
