Quality over quantity? Using sibling comparisons to examine relations between sleep quality, sleep duration, and delinquency

Eric J. Connolly, Dylan B. Jackson and Daniel C. Semenza

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 280, issue C

Abstract: A growing body of research suggests that adolescents with problematic sleep patterns are more likely to engage in externalizing and delinquent behaviors. Few studies, however, have examined the role of between- and within-family effects on this association to establish whether poor sleep is related to delinquency after controlling for familial confounding.

Keywords: Sleep; Delinquency; Siblings; NLSY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114053

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