The interaction between sleep disturbances and anxiety sensitivity in relation to adolescent anger responses to parent adolescent conflict^☆

Abstract

Introduction: Sleep disturbances are common among adolescents and are associated with elevated anxiety, and dificulties managing affect. Familial conlict is associated with both anxiety sensitivity and adolescent sleep disturbances. No work to date has examined how adolescent sleep disturbances may interact with anxiety sensitivity in relation to adolescent affective responding to parent-adolescent conlict. The current study was designed to address this gap in the literature by examining how adolescent sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity, conlict elicited anger, and conlict avoidance are associated. Method: Seventy-two American adolescents (n = 39 males) between the ages of 12 and 16 years (M age = 13.84, SD = 1.38) completed a baseline assessment as well as a well-validated motheradolescent laboratory-based conlict task. Results: For youth low in anxiety sensitivity, greater sleep disturbance related positively to conlict-elicited anger, which in turn predicted higher conlict avoidance. In contrast, this indirect effect was not signiicant for adolescents relatively higher in anxiety sensitivity. Instead, for these adolescents, increased sleep disturbances were associated with lower levels of conlict elicited anger. Conclusions: Results suggest that the effects of sleep disturbances on conlict elicited anger may vary as a function of adolescent anxiety vulnerability. These indings highlight the importance of considering the unique effects of sleep disturbances on adolescent affect as a function of adolescent anxiety vulnerability.Sleep and Affective Reactivity. Sleep disturbances are common and chronic among adolescents, and are associated with increased risk for a host of psychological and somatic issues (Roberts, Roberts,

The impact of fear and anxiety of Covid-19 on life satisfaction: Psychological distress and sleep disturbance as mediators

“…These results were consistent with findings of many previous studies (e.g. Bilsky et al, 2020 ; Brown et al, 2018 ; Lee & Crunk, 2020 ; Lee et al, 2020 ; Samuel et al, 2021 ; Saravanan et al, 2020 ; Satici et al, 2020 ). For instance, Saravanan et al (2020) found that fear and anxiety of covid-19 was strong and positive correlated with psychological distress whereas Babson (2015) confirmed that there were the interactions between sleep disturbance and general fear/anxiety.…”

“…The interrelation between fear, anxiety and sleep disturbances has been confirmed in a number of studies ( Bilsky et al, 2020 ; Brown et al, 2018 ). Sleep disturbances become common and chronic symptoms among youths and correlated with the increase of risks regarding of psychological, somatic and depressive problems ( Bilsky et al, 2020 ).…”

“…The interrelation between fear, anxiety and sleep disturbances has been confirmed in a number of studies ( Bilsky et al, 2020 ; Brown et al, 2018 ). Sleep disturbances become common and chronic symptoms among youths and correlated with the increase of risks regarding of psychological, somatic and depressive problems ( Bilsky et al, 2020 ). Although the correlations between sleep disturbances and a wide array of internalizing issues, such as fear and anxiety, has been well documented, the relationship between sleep issues and anxiety sensitivity appear to be specifically robust ( Brown et al, 2018 ).…”

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“…In addition, it was found that parents with poor economic status and conflicts with their children in adolescence period also have significantly higher anxiety levels. Studies have shown that adolescentparent conflict is associated with anxiety in adolescents (12,17). A study by Bilsky et al (2020) showed that adolescent-parent conflict causes sleep disorders by increasing adolescents' predisposition to anxiety (17).…”

“…Studies have shown that adolescentparent conflict is associated with anxiety in adolescents (12,17). A study by Bilsky et al (2020) showed that adolescent-parent conflict causes sleep disorders by increasing adolescents' predisposition to anxiety (17). Although there are no studies investigating the relationship of conflict with parental anxiety, it is believed that it is inevitable that the increase in anxiety in adolescents will also be observed in parents.…”