NIH R01 · 2024
Social and Genetic Contributions to Children's Sleep, Health and Functioning
Project Summary With our ethnically and socioeconomically diverse longitudinal twin study, in this competing continuation we aim to understand the genetic and environmental mechanisms linking sleep and physical health across pubertal development. We also elucidate mechanisms accounting for longitudinal associations between these health processes and both mental health and inflammation in adolescence. Further, we examine a key proximal sociocultural process - daily media use - which is pervasive in the everyday lives of adolescents. With inflammation and mental health problems on the rise among youth, it is imperative that we utilize a well- powered (N=700 twin youth), representative…
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