Open AccessDaily Family Connection and Objective Sleep in Latinx Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Familism Values and Family Communication
Author(s) -
Jeri Sasser,
Emma K. Lecarie,
Hye Jung Park,
Leah D. Doane
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of youth and adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.883
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1573-6601
pISSN - 0047-2891
DOI - 10.1007/s10964-020-01326-7
Subject(s) - psychology , health psychology , sibling , developmental psychology , sleep (system call) , legal psychology , public health , medicine , nursing , computer science , operating system
Spending time with family ("family connection") is a salient aspect of adolescents' daily lives linked with healthy sleep. Less is known regarding the unique effects of parent and sibling connection on sleep. This study examined daily and average associations between parent/sibling connection and objective sleep (duration, efficiency) in a sample of Latinx adolescents (N = 195; M age = 18.11, SD = 0.41; 65.6% female) and explored familism values and family communication as moderators. Adolescents slept longer on days that they spent more time with siblings, and youth who typically spent more time with parents had longer sleep durations. Family communication and familism-obligation moderated associations between family connection and sleep. These results provide support for the role of family interactions in promoting healthy sleep among Latinx adolescents.