Sleep Health Dimensions From Wearables and Transdiagnostic Mental Health in Young Adolescents
In this study, wearable Fitbit data provide empirical support for multidimensional frameworks of sleep health in adolescence. Although effect sizes were small, sleep irregularity and duration emerged as key dimensions with relevance to mental health. These findings establish a foundation for future investigations, including examining within-person patterns of the 6 dimensions, extending to older adolescence, investigating associations with other health outcomes, replicating with research-grade actigraphy devices, and suggesting potential targets for pediatric sleep interventions.
Authors
- Dana L. McMakin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6954-4204)
- Adriane M. Soehner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3172-1815)
- Raúl Ricardo Rizo González
- DB Clark
- Maria Jalbrzikowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6574-9432)
- Lan Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7087-0883)
- Rubin Cooper
- Allysa D. Quick
- Amanda E. Baker
- Meredith L. Wallace
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Florida Department of Children and Families (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Florida International University (US)
- Center for Children (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.0335
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00