A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies on the interplay between sleep, mental health, and positive well-being in adolescents

• Valeria Bacaro ^[1] ; Katarina Miletic ^[1] ; Elisabetta Crocetti ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Bologna

     University of Bologna

     Bolonia, Italia

     
• Localización: International journal of clinical and health psychology, ISSN 1697-2600, Vol. 24, Nº. 1, 2024, págs. 101-110
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Objective This review aimed to summarize longitudinal research about the interplay between sleep, mental health, and positive well-being in adolescents.

    Method Multiple search strategies were applied until 28th January 2023 to identify relevant research published in peer-reviewed journal articles or available grey literature. A final set of 63 studies were included in the systematic review and 42 in the meta-analysis.

    Results Results highlighted that long sleep duration, good sleep quality, and low insomnia symptoms were bidirectionally related to lower internalizing (Sleep T1 → Internalizing symptoms T2: r = -.20, p < .001; Internalizing symptoms T1 → Sleep T2: r = -.21, p < .001) and externalizing (Sleep T1 → Externalizing symptoms T2: r = -.15, p < .001; Externalizing symptoms T1→ Sleep T2: r = -.17, p < .001) symptoms, and to higher levels of psychological well-being (Sleep T1 → Psychological well-being T2: r = .15, p < .001; Psychological well-being T1 → Sleep T2: r = .15, p < .05). Moreover, good sleep was positively related to higher subjective well-being at a later time point (r = .18, p < .001).

    Conclusions Overall, these findings suggest a bidirectional relation between different aspects of sleep, mental health, and positive well-being.