Interparental Conflict and Early Adolescents' Aggression: Is Irregular Sleep a Vulnerability Factor?

Autor/inn/en	Lemola, Sakari; Schwarz, Beate; Siffert, Andrea
Titel	Interparental Conflict and Early Adolescents' Aggression: Is Irregular Sleep a Vulnerability Factor?
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 1, S.97-105 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.001
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Conflict; Early Adolescents; Marital Satisfaction; Parents; Sleep; At Risk Persons; Psychological Patterns; Parent Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konflikt; Eltern; Schlaf; Risikogruppe
Abstract	We investigated whether (a) short and irregular sleep are related to aggressive behavior in early adolescence and (b) whether they moderate the relation between interparental conflict and aggressive behavior. 176 early adolescents (mean age 11.6 years, 89 girls) reported their bed and wake times on weekdays and on weekends and their aggressive behavior. Interparental conflict was rated by their mothers and adolescents reported whether they felt threatened by the conflict. No direct association between early adolescents' sleep and aggression was found. However, short sleep duration on weekday nights, long sleep duration on weekends, and a large weekday to weekend difference in sleep duration moderated the relation between interparental conflict and early adolescents' aggression. Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that irregular sleep is a vulnerability factor for early adolescents' aggression and underscore the importance of sufficient and regular sleep for resilience. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10