Sleep Health Dimensions From Wearables and Transdiagnostic Mental Health in Young Adolescents - PubMed
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- Sleep behavior changes in adolescence increase vulnerability to mental health disorders.
- Study identifies six sleep health dimensions in young adolescents using Fitbit data: irregularity, timing, social jetlag, duration, weekend oversleep, and continuity.
- Sleep irregularity and shorter duration are associated with transdiagnostic mental health symptoms both concurrently and prospectively.
- The study involved 3,393 participants aged 11-13 from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.
- Findings support the multidimensional nature of sleep health and its relevance to mental health outcomes in adolescents.
- Future research directions include examining within-person patterns of sleep dimensions and extending studies to older adolescents.