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Yang X, Lin L, Feng W, Liu P, Liang N, Xue Z, Ma Y, Shen Y, Yu W, Lu J, Liu J. Maternal and paternal harsh parenting and anxiety symptoms in Chinese adolescents: examining a multiple mediation model. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2024; 18:134. [PMID: 39438933 PMCID: PMC11515719 DOI: 10.1186/s13034-024-00826-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 10/02/2024] [Indexed: 10/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Harsh parenting has been recognized as a risk factor for adolescent anxiety; however, the underlying mechanisms of this relationship remain unclear, and it is unknown whether this relationship is influenced by different parental roles and living arrangements. This study aimed to investigate the mediating mechanisms between harsh parenting and adolescent anxiety symptoms using a multiple mediation model and to further compare specific roles of harsh parenting and distinguish between the living arrangements. METHODS A total of 3505 adolescents completed this survey, and 3295 adolescents (54.7% girls, Mage = 14.97 years) were included in the study. Participants completed self-assessments measuring harsh parenting, self-efficacy, school connectedness, Internet addiction, sleep problems, and anxiety. They were categorized into three groups based on living arrangements: living with both parents, only with the mother, or only with the father. RESULTS Correlational analyses revealed that both maternal and paternal harsh parenting were associated with increased anxiety symptoms. Structural equation modeling (SEM) mediation analyses and multigroup analyses showed that the independent mediating effects of school connectedness, Internet addiction, and sleep problems, as well as the sequential mediating pathways involving self-efficacy → school connectedness, self-efficacy → Internet addiction, and self-efficacy → sleep problems, vary across the adolescents' living arrangements in the association between maternal and paternal harsh parenting and adolescent anxiety symptoms. CONCLUSIONS This study elucidated the mechanisms linking harsh parenting to adolescent anxiety symptoms and validated the effects of different parental roles and living arrangements. The findings provide important insights for developing targeted interventions to address anxiety symptoms in adolescents exposed to harsh parenting.
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- Xiujuan Yang
- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- First People's Hospital of Qingzhen, Qingzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
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- Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
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Zhu Y, Zhang G, Zhan S. Association of parental adverse childhood experiences with offspring sleep problems: the role of psychological distress and harsh discipline. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2024; 18:112. [PMID: 39252076 PMCID: PMC11385817 DOI: 10.1186/s13034-024-00796-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 08/09/2024] [Indexed: 09/11/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Sleep problems are common in early childhood and may be affected by parental adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). However, few studies have examined the longitudinal effect of parental ACEs on offspring sleep problems and the underlying mechanism. This study examined parents' psychological distress and harsh discipline (psychological aggression and corporal punishment) as mediators in the longitudinal pathway from parental ACEs to offspring sleep problems. METHODS The participants included 617 3-year-old children (mean age of 43.13 months, SD = 3.82) and their parents (mean age of 33.24 years, SD = 4.01) from Wuhu, China. The participants completed an online questionnaire on ACEs, psychological distress, and demographic characteristics in September 2022 (Time 1). Parents completed another online questionnaire in September 2023 (Time 2) on harsh discipline and offspring sleep problems. A path model was used to examine the associations. RESULTS Parental ACEs did not directly predict offspring sleep problems. Psychological distress (β = 0.041, 95% CI [0.005, 0.111]) and harsh discipline in the form of psychological aggression (β = 0.019, 95% CI [0.006, 0.056]) separately mediated the relationship between parental ACEs and offspring sleep problems. Psychological distress and psychological aggression also played a serial mediating role in the association of parental ACEs with offspring sleep problems (β = 0.014, 95% CI [0.007, 0.038]). CONCLUSIONS Our findings showed the importance of psychological distress and psychological aggression in the intergenerational effect of trauma on offspring sleep problems. Specific interventions aimed at improving mental health and parenting practices should be provided for parents who were exposed to ACEs.
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- Yantong Zhu
- Faculty of Educational Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- Faculty of Educational Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China.
- Faculty of Educational Science, Anhui Normal University, 2 Beijng Dong Lu, Wuhu, Anhui, China.
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- School of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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Waddell JT, Sasser J. Too Tired to Think: Within and Between-Person Relations Among Impulsive Traits, Sleep Duration, and Mental Health Outcomes. Int J Ment Health Addict 2024; 22:703-721. [PMID: 38414721 PMCID: PMC10896226 DOI: 10.1007/s11469-022-00899-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Heavier drinking and depression are common mental health concerns in the USA, yet few studies have sought to understand transdiagnostic risk factors for both. Two health-focused risk factors are impulsive personality traits and sleep duration, but research typically separates the two, precluding additive and interactive relations. The current study sought to test a theoretical model where risk conferred from impulsive traits is heightened when individuals have reduced sleep. Public-access data from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) were used to test study hypotheses. Participants reported on impulsive traits (i.e., lack of premeditation, sensation seeking), sleep duration, depression, and drinking across three waves spanning adolescence, emerging adulthood, and adulthood. Multilevel models distinguished risk processes at the between- vs. within-person level. At the between-person level, sensation seeking predicted drinking whereas premeditation predicted depression. Additionally, within-person deviations in both traits were associated with drinking, whereas within-person deviations in premeditation were associated with depression. Sleep duration was protective against outcomes at both levels. However, main effects were qualified by interactions at both levels, such that having below average sleep duration heightened the effects of premeditation at the between-person level, whereas within-person decreases in sleep heightened the effects of sensation seeking at the within-person level. Findings support a theoretical model where poor sleep exacerbates risk conferred from impulsive traits. Risk conferred from impulsive traits diverged based upon level of analysis, suggesting that global and just-in-time interventions may benefit from targeting specific impulsive traits as well as sleep.
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- Jack T. Waddell
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S McAllister, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 900 S McAllister, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA
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Sasser J, Oshri A. In or out of sync? Concordance between parent and adolescent sleep varies by family context. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2023; 33:841-857. [PMID: 36810860 PMCID: PMC10569444 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Evidence suggests significant interrelations among parent and adolescent sleep (i.e., concordance). However, less is known regarding how parent-adolescent sleep concordance varies as a function of the family context. This study examined daily and average concordance between parent and adolescent sleep and explored adverse parenting and family functioning (e.g., cohesion, flexibility) as potential moderators. One hundred and twenty-four adolescents (Mage = 12.90) and their parents (93% mothers) wore actigraphy watches assessing sleep duration, efficiency, and midpoint across 1 week. Multilevel models indicated daily (within-family) concordance between parent and adolescent sleep duration and midpoint. Average (between-family) concordance was found for sleep midpoint only. Family flexibility was linked with greater daily concordance in sleep duration and midpoint, whereas adverse parenting predicted discordance in average sleep duration and efficiency.
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- Jeri Sasser
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 950 S. McAllister Ave, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, 105 Foster Rd, Athens, GA 30606, USA
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Zhang L, Cui Z, Huffman LG, Oshri A. Sleep mediates the effect of stressful environments on youth development of impulsivity: The moderating role of within default mode network resting-state functional connectivity. Sleep Health 2023; 9:503-511. [PMID: 37270396 PMCID: PMC10524131 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Youth raised in stressful environments are at increased risk for developing impulsive traits, which are a robust precursor of problem behaviors. Sleep may mediate the link between stress and problem behaviors as it is both sensitive to stress and essential for neurocognitive development underlying behavioral control during adolescence. The default mode network (DMN) is a brain network implicated in stress regulation and sleep. Yet, it is poorly understood how individual differences in resting-state DMN moderate the effect of stressful environments on impulsivity via sleep problems. METHODS Three waves of data spanning 2 years were obtained from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study, a national longitudinal sample of 11,878 children (Mage at baseline = 10.1; 47.8% female). Structural equation modeling was used to test (a) the mediating role of sleep at T3 in the link between stressful environments at baseline and impulsivity at T5 and (b) the moderation of this indirect association by baseline levels of within-DMN resting-state functional connectivity. RESULTS Sleep problems, shorter sleep duration, and longer sleep latency significantly mediated the link between stressful environments and youth impulsivity. Youth with elevated within-DMN resting-state functional connectivity showed intensified associations between stressful environments and impulsivity via shorter sleep duration. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that sleep health can be a target for preventive intervention and thereby mitigate the link between stressful environments and increased levels of youth impulsivity.
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- Linhao Zhang
- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States; Youth Development Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States.
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States; Youth Development Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
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- Youth Development Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States; Integrated Life Sciences, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States; Youth Development Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States; Integrated Life Sciences, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
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If You (Don’t) Snooze, Do You Use? Prospective Links Between Adolescent Sleep Patterns and Substance Use and Depression. Int J Ment Health Addict 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11469-023-01027-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Li X, Wang Y, Tang J, Li J, Zhou Y, Wang Y, Jiang S. Exposure to domestic violence and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents: Sleep problems as a mediator. J Affect Disord 2022; 310:17-24. [PMID: 35469909 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Exposure to domestic violence has been shown to be an important risk factor of depression in western studies, but has received less attention in Chinese context. Additionally, the underlying mechanism of its link with depression has not been fully studied. With a longitudinal design, we examined the mediating role of sleep problems between exposure to domestic violence and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents, and further considered potential age and gender differences in the direct and indirect pathways. METHODS Participants were recruited from primary and junior high schools in China and were surveyed across two waves with a 6-month interval. There were 1949 participants at Wave 1 and 1283 at Wave 2. Structural equation model was conducted to examine the mediating role of sleep problems in the association between exposure to domestic violence and depressive symptoms. Multigroup analyses were applied to test potential age and gender differences in the process. RESULTS Participants' exposure to domestic violence predicted increasing sleep problems, which further predicted more depressive symptoms. Age and gender moderated the indirect pathway from exposure to domestic violence to depressive symptoms through sleep problems, such that the mediating effects of sleep problems were significantly stronger in early-age adolescents and girls than middle-age ones and boys. IMPLICATION Parents should avoid the use of corporal punishment and protect their children from domestic violence. For adolescents who have underwent domestic violence, parents and clinicians might consider to decrease their depressive symptoms by ameliorating sleep problems, especially for the early-age adolescents and girls.
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- Xiaoqing Li
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Sociology and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.
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- The Affiliated Wenzhou Kangning Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; Department of Applied Psychology, School of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
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Yue L, Cui N, Liu Z, Jia C, Liu X. Patterns of sleep problems and internalizing and externalizing problems among Chinese adolescents: A latent class analysis. Sleep Med 2022; 95:47-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhang L, Cui Z, Sasser J, Carvalho C, Oshri A. Family stress during the pandemic worsens the effect of adverse parenting on adolescent sleep quality. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 123:105390. [PMID: 34794017 PMCID: PMC8714683 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adverse parenting is consistently associated with increased sleep problems among adolescents. Shelter-in-Place restrictions and the uncertainty linked to the Covid-19 pandemic have introduced new stressors on parents and families, adding to the risk for youth's sleep problems. OBJECTIVE Using multidimensional assessments of child maltreatment (CM; threat vs. deprivation), the present study examined whether parent-report and child-report of Covid-19 related stress potentiated the effect of CM on sleep problems among boys and girls. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING The study focused on a sample of 124 dyads of adolescents (Mage = 12.89, SD = 0.79; 52% female) and their primary caregivers (93% mothers) assessed before and during the pandemic (May to October 2020). METHOD Data were obtained from both youth and their parents. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test all study hypotheses. Simple slopes and Johnson-Neyman plots were generated to probe significant interaction effects. RESULTS Deprivation, but not threat, directly predicted increased sleep problems among boys during the pandemic. Additionally, elevation in Covid-19 stress (both parent and child report) intensified the link between CM (threat and deprivation) and sleep problems among boys. CONCLUSION Our findings inform prevention and intervention efforts that aim to reduce sleep problems among boys during stressful contexts, such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- Linhao Zhang
- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602, United States; Youth Development Institute, University of Georgia, Room 208, 105 Foster Road (Pound Hall), Athens, GA 30606, United States.
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602, United States; Youth Development Institute, University of Georgia, Room 208, 105 Foster Road (Pound Hall), Athens, GA 30606, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, United States.
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602, United States; Youth Development Institute, University of Georgia, Room 208, 105 Foster Road (Pound Hall), Athens, GA 30606, United States.
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602, United States; Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, United States; Integrated Life Sciences, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
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