A multilevel analysis exploring the association of daily parent-adolescent conflict and daily adolescent sleep satisfaction

Stressful family environments are critical in shaping adolescent sleep health; yet it remains unclear how both average levels and day-to-day fluctuations in parent-adolescent conflict may relate to daily adolescent sleep health. A community sample of adolescents (<i>N</i> = 47; <i>M</i>_age = 13.61, 91.5% White, non-Hispanic and 68.1% female) completed a 7-day daily diary. Multilevel modeling analysis revealed that average but not daily fluctuations in parent-adolescent conflict were significantly associated with daily sleep satisfaction. This higher time-scale association suggests clinical interventions to improve adolescent sleep health may find it beneficial to focus on factors that may enhance the quality of the long-term parent-adolescent relationship, rather than focusing on daily conflict resolution in isolation.