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Language

English

Publication Date

8-25-2023

Journal

Preventive Medicine Reports

DOI

10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102385

PMID

37662869

PMCID

PMC10474321

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

August 2023

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Studies are beginning to document an association between sleep duration and a range of adolescent delinquent behaviors, including weapon carrying. However, little is known about whether and to what extent sleep quality - another dimension of sleep for healthy adolescent functioning - is associated with weapon carrying. We address this gap in knowledge by evaluating the role of restless sleep and sleep duration in adolescent weapon carrying.

METHODS: We analyze data from a diverse sample of 994 adolescents from Texas, USA collected in 2010. Multivariate logistic regression models estimate the association of sleep duration and restless sleep on weapon carrying after controlling for theoretical covariates and demographic characteristics.

RESULTS: Adolescents sleeping 4 h or less on school nights were more than twice as likely to report carrying a weapon (OR = 2.38, 95% CI = 1.16-4.89,

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings align with previous research demonstrating that sleeping 4 or less hours increases the likelihood of adolescent weapon carrying. Restless sleep appears to play less of a role. Future research should elucidate the longitudinal pathways between sleep duration, sleep quality, and forms of adolescent weapon carrying.

Keywords

Sleep duration, Weapon carrying, Adolescence, Dating It Safe

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