Discrimination and adjustment in adolescence: The moderating role of sleep.
Mona El-SheikhMegan M ZeringueEkjyot K SainiThomas E Fuller-RowellTiffany YipPublished in: Sleep (2021)
Short and poor-quality sleep may exacerbate internalizing symptoms for adolescents experiencing discrimination, particularly females. Variability in sleep duration was a key moderator of associations between discrimination and internalizing symptoms as well as rule-breaking behavior. Findings illustrate that actigraphy-assessed sleep parameters play a key role in ameliorating or exacerbating adjustment problems associated with discrimination.