Psychological Development and Education ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 551-562.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2024.04.10

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The Development of Sleep Problems in Early Adolescence: Gender Difference and the Role of Positive and Negative Affect

LIU Xiaoting1,2, ZHANG Ning3   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070;
    2. Key Laboratory of Behavioral and Mental Health of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730070;
    3. Weirong Middle School, Jingning County, Pingliang 743403
  • Published:2024-08-27

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Abstract: In order to explore the developmental trajectories of sleep problems in early adolescence and the influence of gender and positive and negative affect on them. In this study, 1289 middle school students were followed up from Grade 7 to Grade 8 and assessments of adolescents’ sleep problems and positive and negative affect were obtained from both self-reports at four time points over two years. Analyses using latent growth modeling examined that: (1) Initial levels and change in adolescent sleep problems over time; and (2) The prediction of both initial levels and growth in sleep problems from adolescent gender and positive and negative affect. Among the results, adolescents’ sleep problems increased in a non-linear trajectory from Time 1 to Time 4. As well, although girls had higher initial levels of sleep problems than boys, there was no gender difference in the change of sleep problems over time. Finally, results from latent growth curve modeling indicated that positive and negative affect as time-variant variables influenced sleep problems. Positive affect at given testing point could reduce sleep problems at that time, while negative affect at given testing point could promote the development of sleep problems at that time. The findings suggest that initial sleep problems of early adolescence do not determine the development rate of these problems later; gender and positive and negative emotions play different roles in the development of adolescent sleep problems.

Key words: early adolescence, sleep problems, developmental trajectories, gender difference, positive and negative affect

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  • B844
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