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Pubertal development has been separately linked to adolescents’ sleep problems and larger family functioning, but research connecting these inter-related processes remains sparse. This study aimed to examine how pubertal status and tempo were related to early adolescents’ sleep and their family functioning. Using longitudinal data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study, the study’s sample (N = 4682) was 49.2% female, was an average of 9.94 years old at baseline, and was 60.1% white. Analyses in the current study modeled the indirect associations between pubertal change and changes in family conflict via adolescent sleep duration and variability of duration. The results suggested that pubertal status and tempo predicted shorter adolescent sleep durations and greater variability in those durations, which predicted residual increases in family conflict. The findings highlight the role of adolescents’ pubertal changes in their sleep and how such changes can negatively affect family functioning.
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The authors wish to express their gratitude to all of the children and their families who are participating in the ABCD study. We would also like to thank all of the participating institutions that have conducted the ABCD data collections and the National Institutes for Health for providing access to these data. We would also like to acknowledge NIH/NiDA for their support of this project (R01DA058334 & R01DA055630; PI-Oshri; P50 DA051361-01; Co-PI-Oshri).
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Peltz, J., Zhang, L., Sasser, J. et al. The Influence of Pubertal Development on Early Adolescent Sleep and Changes in Family Functioning. J. Youth Adolescence 53, 459–471 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01882-8
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