Cognitive distortions as a mediator of the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and psychological distress among college students.

Objective: This study examined the mediating role of cognitive distortions (CDs) in the relationship between dispositional mindfulness (DM) and psychological distress, and considered gender as a potential moderator of these mediation models.

Participants: Four hundred and forty-six college students (63.9% female;  = 20.

Unintended consequences: college students' melatonin usage, sleep disturbance, and depressive symptoms.

With such high rates of undergraduate sleep problems, students have chosen to take melatonin, an over-the-counter supplement that can facilitate sleep. Questions remain as to the effectiveness of melatonin for sleep problems, and questions have emerged about its impact on mental health. Accordingly, the current study examined how ongoing melatonin usage might impact relative changes in college students' sleep disturbance and ultimately their depressive symptoms.

Out of their control: College students' beliefs in sleep myths, sleep problems, and psychological flexibility.

Objectives: College students suffer from deficient sleep, and the pernicious factors that support this phenomenon are diverse. The aim of the current study was to better understand the role of sleep-related myths in college students' sleep disturbance. A second aim was to examine if college students' levels of sleep disturbance were similarly associated with their belief in sleep-related myths or if their capacity to be psychologically flexible might moderate this process.

The Influence of Pubertal Development on Early Adolescent Sleep and Changes in Family Functioning.

Pubertal development has been separately linked to adolescents' sleep problems and larger family functioning, but research connecting these inter-related processes remains sparse. This study aimed to examine how pubertal status and tempo were related to early adolescents' sleep and their family functioning. Using longitudinal data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study, the study's sample (N = 4682) was 49.

Latent Profiles of Sleep Patterns in Early Adolescence: Associations With Behavioral Health Risk.

Purpose: The present study characterized sleep profiles in a national longitudinal sample of early adolescents and examined whether profiles predicted later behavioral problems.

Methods: Three waves of data (2016-2021) were obtained from the Adolescent Behavior and Cognitive Development study, including 3,326 participants with both weekday and weekend sleep data measured by Fitbit wearables (age range 10.58-13.

Psychological processes linking problematic smartphone use to sleep disturbance in young adults.

Objectives: With such high rates of sleep and mental health problems among undergraduate students, understanding potential antecedents of these interrelated problems has emerged as a critical area of examination. One potential factor underlying these problems is problematic smartphone use, which is defined as excessive phone use, impulse control problems related to the use, and negative consequences stemming from these behaviors. Accordingly, the current study sought to examine how relative changes in problematic smartphone use might impact college students' sleep disturbance via their psychological functioning (ie, psychological inflexibility and anxiety symptoms).

COVID-related stressors and their impact on parental sleep, parenting behaviors, and child functioning.

This longitudinal study examined the impact on families of multiple stressors that emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, we modeled the indirect effects of three stressors (i.e.

The impact of psychological flexibility on family dynamics amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal perspective.

Background: Health risks associated with contracting COVID-19, stay-at-home orders, and pandemic-related economic and social hardships created unique challenges for individuals throughout the pandemic, and in particular for families whose daily routines were disrupted at the start of the pandemic. This study applied a contextual behavioral science lens to Family Systems Theory to examine the impact of COVID-19 stressors on family and individual functioning.

Methods: A sample of 742 coparents (86% married/engaged; 84% Caucasian; 71% female;  = 40.

The development of a scale to assess children's and adolescents' sleep environments.

Study Objectives: To develop a measure of children's sleep environments and to assess its initial reliability and validity.

Methods: This cross-sectional study consisted of an online survey for parents of children ages 5-18 years across the United States. A total of 840 parents/caregivers ( = 40.

Equal Benefits? An Examination of the Potential Consequences of Later School Start Times for Adolescents and Their Mental Health.

Background: Given the documented benefits of later school start times on adolescents' mental health, the aim of the current study was to examine if the association between school start times and depressive symptoms differed across adolescents from families of different socioeconomic status levels.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, the current study incorporated an online survey for high school students and their parents across the United States, with average sleep duration measured through a 7-day sleep diary. A total of 193 adolescent (Mean  = 15.

Shocks to the system: The influence of COVID-19-related stressors on coparental and family functioning.

In addition to the fears associated with contracting COVID-19, the pandemic has forced families across the United States to quickly transition to new patterns of living. These transitions present new stressors, including health-related concerns, new demands placed on families by lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, and the possibility of losing a job or inability to pay bills. Such stressors have the potential to disrupt collaboration between coparents in addition to basic family functioning.

Adolescent and parent sleep quality mediates the impact of family processes on family members' psychological distress.

Objective: To examine the role of adolescents' and their parents' sleep quality as mediators of family-level processes and family members' psychological distress (ie, anxiety/depressive symptoms).

Design: Short-term prospective design with an initial survey followed by a 7-day twice-daily (morning and evening) diary.

Setting: Online survey for high school students and their parents across the United States.

Dispositional mindfulness predicting psychological adjustment among college students: the role of rumination and gender.

Objective: This study examined rumination as a mediator of the relationship between dispositional mindfulness (DM) and depression, loneliness, and anxiety, while considering gender as a moderator of these mediation models.

Participants: Three hundred and nineteen undergraduate students (49.5% female;  = 18.

Daytime sleepiness underlies the link between adverse parenting and youth psychopathology among adolescent girls.

Introduction: Adverse parenting is associated with sleep problems in adolescence, including sleep quality, inadequate sleep, and daytime sleepiness. Adolescents who experience sleep problems are at greater risk for developing internalizing and externalizing problems. However, research on the intervening role of sleep in the link between adverse parenting and youth psychopathology remains limited.

The day-to-day impact of nighttime noise disturbances on college students' psychological functioning.

To understand environmental predictors (i.e., nighttime noise disturbance) of sleep health (i.

Psychological flexibility and inflexibility as sources of resiliency and risk during a pandemic: Modeling the cascade of COVID-19 stress on family systems with a contextual behavioral science lens.

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the historic economic shutdown and stay-at-home efforts to slow its spread have radically impacted the lives of families across the world, completely disrupting routines and challenging them to adjust to new health risks as well as to new work and family demands. The current study applied a contextual behavioral science lens to the spillover hypothesis of Family Systems Theory to develop a multi-stage mechanistic model for how COVID-19 stress could impact family and child functioning and how parents' psychological flexibility could shape those processes.

Methods: A total of 742 coparents (71% female; 84% Caucasian, 85% married, M = 41 years old) of children (ages 5-18, M = 9.

Mediators of the association between COVID-19-related stressors and parents' psychological flexibility and inflexibility: The roles of perceived sleep quality and energy.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced parents across the United States to quickly transition to a new way of living. These transitions present new stressors, including the stress associated with physical health, with the demands of social distancing placed on families, and with the possibility of losing a job or not being able to pay bills. Such stressors have the potential to disrupt basic functioning, such as sleep and daily energy levels.

The role of financial strain in college students' work hours, sleep, and mental health.

To examine poor sleep quality as a potential mediator between college students' employment hours and depressive symptoms, and to examine if this mediation model might differ across students reporting different levels of financial strain. The sample was collected through a multi-site study during the Spring of 2019 and included 792 undergraduates ( = 20.1,  = 1.

Parents still matter: the influence of parental enforcement of bedtime on adolescents' depressive symptoms.

Study Objectives: The aim of the current study was to test a multilevel mediation model that examined how adolescent sleep duration might be linked to depressive symptoms via their daytime energy levels. Furthermore, the study examined how parents' enforcement of various types of bedtime rules predicted the duration of adolescent sleep.

Methods: A total of 193 adolescent (ages 14-17; Mage = 15.

The Moderating Role of Parents' Dysfunctional Sleep-Related Beliefs Among Associations Between Adolescents' Pre-Bedtime Conflict, Sleep Quality, and Their Mental Health.

Study Objectives: The current study's aim was to examine the indirect effect of parent-child pre-bedtime arguing about the bedtime process on adolescents' symptoms of anxiety and depression via the mediating role of adolescents' sleep quality. In addition, this study sought to test this mediation model across different levels of both parents' and children's dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs (ie, moderated mediation).

Methods: A total of 193 adolescent (mean age = 15.

Adolescent sleep quality mediates family chaos and adolescent mental health: A daily diary-based study.

The aim of the current study was to examine adolescents' sleep duration and quality as potential mediators of the association between chaotic and disorganized family environments and adolescent anxiety and depressive symptoms. A total of 193 adolescent (ages 14-17; = 15.7 years old, = .

Transactions within the family: Coparenting mediates associations between parents' relationship satisfaction and the parent-child relationship.

In the current study, we examined the potential for transactional relations among parents' marital satisfaction, coparental cooperation and conflict, and parent-child relationship satisfaction in a sample of 249 families with 2-3-year-old children. Using a novel multiwave design with frequent assessments to better capture transactional family processes, mothers and fathers were assessed across 5 waves with 2-month lags; mean age of the target children (53% girls) was 2.8 years ( = 0.

A process-oriented model linking adolescents' sleep hygiene and psychological functioning: the moderating role of school start times.

Objective: To examine a mediational model linking sleep hygiene to better mental health in adolescents via the mechanism of improved sleep quality, and to test the moderating role of school start times (SST) (before 8:30 AM vs. 8:30 AM or later) on that mediation model.

Design: Cross-sectional.

The indirect effects of sleep hygiene and environmental factors on depressive symptoms in college students.

Objective: Because of the interrelation of sleep disturbance and depression in college students, sleeping environments and sleep hygiene practices have emerged as potential avenues for intervention. To understand associations between predictors of sleep (environmental noise disturbances, pre-bedtime media use, sleep hygiene), poor sleep quality, and depressive symptoms, this study examined poor sleep quality as a potential mediator between these predictors and depressive symptoms.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Reciprocal influences among family processes and toddlers' sleep problems.

The current study examined bidirectional relations between children's sleep problems and parents' relationship satisfaction, coparental cooperation, and global family functioning in a sample of 249 families with 2-3-year-old children. Mothers and fathers were assessed across 5 waves with 2-month lags; the target children (53% female) were 2.8 years old (SD = .