Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Sleep Health. 2022 Feb;8(1):82-88. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2021.10.012. Epub 2021 Dec 28.
Previous research and theory suggest that interparental conflict that is perceived by youth as frequent/intense, threatening, and/or the responsibility of the youth is predictive of adjustment problems. In contrast, sleep, an important precursor to emotion regulation, is likely a protective factor for youth experiencing interparental conflict. The goal of the current study was to investigate the extent to which adolescents who maintain better and/or longer sleep are buffered from the adjustment problems associated with greater interparental conflict.
One-hundred and fifty adolescents completed questionnaires assessing interparental conflict (frequency/intensity perceptions as well as threat and self-blame appraisals) as well as internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Participants also wore an actigraph over 1 week to objectively measure sleep quantity and quality; 123 participants had valid actigraphy data.
Results of structural equation modeling analyses revealed that greater sleep quality weakened the association between interparental conflict and adjustment problems, particularly internalizing behaviors. However, sleep quantity was not a moderator.
These results suggest that higher quality sleep may protect adolescents from the negative effects of interparental conflict.
先前的研究和理论表明,青少年感知到的父母间冲突频繁/激烈、具有威胁性且/或归咎于青少年自身,这些冲突与适应问题相关。相比之下,睡眠是情绪调节的重要前提,对于经历父母间冲突的青少年来说,可能是一个保护因素。本研究的目的是调查睡眠质量更好和/或时间更长的青少年在多大程度上可以缓冲与父母间冲突加剧相关的适应问题。
150 名青少年完成了父母间冲突(频率/强度感知以及威胁和自责评估)以及内化和外化行为的问卷调查。参与者还佩戴了活动记录仪一周,以客观测量睡眠的数量和质量;123 名参与者有有效的活动记录仪数据。
结构方程模型分析的结果表明,较高的睡眠质量削弱了父母间冲突与适应问题之间的关联,尤其是内化行为。然而,睡眠时间并不是一个调节因素。
这些结果表明,更高的睡眠质量可能会保护青少年免受父母间冲突的负面影响。