The Social Side of Sleep: A Systematic Review of the Longitudinal Associations between Peer Relationships and Sleep Quality

Francesca De Lise (), Valeria Bacaro and Elisabetta Crocetti
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Francesca De Lise: Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Valeria Bacaro: Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Elisabetta Crocetti: Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-22

Abstract: In adolescence, peer relationships become crucial since youths start to rely on their peers for support. Thus, multiple facets of adolescents’ well-being are affected by their peer relationships. In this vein, one of the central well-being aspects that could be affected by the peer relationships of adolescents is sleep quality. Nevertheless, it is still unclear how multiple peer relationship factors (i.e., positive, negative, emotional, and behavioral issues related to peer relationships) are intertwined with adolescents’ sleep quality. For this reason, this systematic review with meta-analysis aims to summarize longitudinal studies to uncover how the interplay between peer relationship factors and adolescents’ sleep quality unfolds over time. Nineteen longitudinal studies involving a total of 21,232 adolescents were included. Overall, findings from this review showed that (a) positive peer relationships and sleep quality were not associated over time; (b) negative peer relationships and sleep quality were bidirectionally associated over time; (c) few studies evaluated the bidirectional relations between emotional and behavioral issues and sleep quality, showing links with sleep schedule and duration, but not with sleep quality. Meta-analytic results were discussed, considering their implications.

Keywords: adolescents; sleep quality; peer relationships; systematic review; longitudinal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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