Perceived social status and mental health among young adolescents: Evidence from census data to cellphones.

J of Research on Adolesc

Odgers

2019

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Adolescents’ subjective social status (SSS) is associated with mental and behavioral health outcomes, independent of socioeconomic status (SES). Many previous findings, however, come from cross‐sectional studies. We report results from a longitudinal study with 151 adolescents identified as at risk for early substance use and behavioral problems sampled from low‐SES neighborhoods. We examined whether adolescent's SSS predicted mental health (depression, anxiety, and inattention/impulsivity) measured over 30 days via ecological momentary assessment and risk for substance use at an 18‐month follow‐up. Results showed that with each perceived step “up” the SSS ladder, adolescents experienced fewer mental health symptoms in daily life and lower future substance use risk after adjusting for objective SES and previous psychopathology. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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Adolescents’ Subjective Social Status Predicts Day‐to‐Day Mental Health and Future Substance Use

J of Research on Adolesc

Odgers

2019

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“…In Study 2, 395 adolescents (aged 10–16) were recruited to participate in a home visit and a 14‐day EMA study between April 2016 and February 2017. Participants were drawn from a larger longitudinal study ( N = 2,104), the Research on Adaptive Interests, Skills and Environments (RAISE) study, which follows a large representative sample of children and adolescents in North Carolina (see Rivenbark et al., in press, for more detailed information). The EMA sample was split evenly by gender (49.6% female), was racially and ethnically diverse (60.2% non‐Hispanic White, 19.4% non‐Hispanic Black, 13.8% Hispanic, 6.6% other race), and came from a mix of economic backgrounds (40.8% qualified as economically disadvantaged based on administrative records).…”

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Evaluating the Use of Commercially Available Wearable Wristbands to Capture Adolescents’ Daily Sleep Duration

George

Rivenbark

J of Research on Adolesc

et al. 2019

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Commercially available wearable devices are marketed as a means of objectively capturing daily sleep easily and inexpensively outside of the laboratory. Two ecological momentary assessment studies—with 120 older adolescents (aged 18–19) and 395 younger adolescents (aged 10–16)—captured nightly self‐reported and wearable (Jawbone) recorded sleep duration. Self‐reported and wearable recorded daily sleep duration were moderately correlated (r ~ .50), associations which were stronger on weekdays and among young adolescent boys. Older adolescents self‐reported sleep duration closely corresponded with estimates from the wearable device, but younger adolescents reported having an hour more of sleep, on average, compared to device estimates. Self‐reported, but not wearable‐recorded, sleep duration and quality were consistently associated with daily well‐being measures. Suggestions for the integration of commercially available wearable devices into future daily research with adolescents are provided.

“…As a subsample, some adolescents were also provided with wearable devices, which collected objective data on sleep duration and steps taken throughout the day ( N = 272). Full details of the replication sample are described elsewhere (Rivenbark et al, submitted ). As described below, similar daily measures of exposure to violence and obesogenic behaviors were collected in this study.…”

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Violence exposure and adolescents' same-day obesogenic behaviors: New findings and a replication

Piontak

Social Science & Medicine

Danese

et al. 2017

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Objective To test whether exposure to violence is associated with same-day increases in obesogenic behaviors among young adolescents, including unhealthy food and beverage consumption, poor quality sleep, and lack of physical activity. Methods Young at-risk adolescents between 12 and 15 years of age were recruited via telephone screening from low-income neighborhoods. Adolescents and their parents completed in-person assessments, followed by Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) delivered to 151 adolescents’ mobile phones three times a day for 30 days (4329 person days). Three obesogenic behaviors – unhealthy food consumption, poor sleep quality, and lack of physical activity – and violence exposure were assessed daily. Adolescents’ body mass index (BMI) was assessed prior to the EMA and 18 months later. A replication was performed among 395 adolescents from a population-representative sample (with 5276 EMA person days). Results On days that at-risk adolescents were exposed versus not exposed to violence, they were more likely to consume unhealthy foods and beverages (b = 0.12, p = 0.01), report feeling tired the next morning (OR = 1.58, p < 0.01), and to be active (OR = 1.61, p < 0.01). At-risk adolescents who reported higher consumption of soda and caffeinated beverages during the 30-day EMA were more likely to experience increases in BMI in later adolescence. Findings related to sleep and activity were supported in the population-based replication sample; however, no significant same-day associations were found between violence exposure and unhealthy dietary consumption. Conclusions This study provides evidence that exposure to violence is associated with same-day unhealthy dietary consumption among at-risk adolescents and next-day tiredness related to sleep quality among adolescents from both at-risk and normative populations. Findings also point to unhealthy soda consumption during early adolescence as an important predictor of weight gain among at-risk adolescents.