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Toward a Better Understanding of the Reciprocal Relations Between Adolescent Psychological Need Experiences and Sleep

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: In two diary studies, we examined the reciprocal daily association between the satisfaction and frustration of adolescents’ basic psychological needs and sleep, and the role of stress and fatigue in these associations. In Study 1 ( N = 211; 52% female; Mage = 15.86 years, SD = 1.18 years), daily need experiences were unrelated to daily fluctuations in subjective sleep outcomes. However, shorter daily sleep quantity was related to higher daily fatigue, which in turn related to more daily need frustration and less need satisfaction. Study 2 ( N = 51; 49% female; Mage = 15.88 years, SD = 2.88 years) extended these findings by demonstrating that daily need frustration related to shorter objective sleep quantity and longer wake after sleep onset, indirectly through higher symptoms of stress. Poor sleep quality also related to worse need experiences via higher daily fatigue. These findings underscore the dynamic interplay between daily need experiences and adolescent sleep.

Source: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

DOI: 10.1177/0146167220923456

Authors: Rachel Campbell, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Bart Soenens, Beatrijs Vandenkerckhove, Athanasios Mouratidis

Institutions: The University of Sydney, Ghent University, Bilkent University

Language: English

Topic: Sleep and related disorders

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Vlaamse regering