TY - JOUR
T1 - The Legacy of Troubled Childhoods
T2 - Adverse Childhood Experiences, Sleep, and Delinquency
AU - Tomlinson, Tiffaney A.
AU - Mears, Daniel P.
AU - Stults, Brian J.
AU - Meldrum, Ryan C.
AU - Turanovic, Jillian J.
AU - Young, Jacob T.N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Scholars have called for greater understanding of the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on later youth development, including research on sleep as a potential contributor to delinquency. This study seeks to extend that work by situating the focus on ACEs and sleep within a life-course perspective, one that examines life events and turning points, the disruptions that they create, and their longer-term consequences for youth. In particular, drawing on a large-scale survey of high school students, we examine whether ACEs influence delinquency and whether this effect is mediated by sleep. We find modest support for the central hypothesis that ACEs contribute to suboptimal sleep and in turn delinquency. Implications for research and policy are discussed.
AB - Scholars have called for greater understanding of the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on later youth development, including research on sleep as a potential contributor to delinquency. This study seeks to extend that work by situating the focus on ACEs and sleep within a life-course perspective, one that examines life events and turning points, the disruptions that they create, and their longer-term consequences for youth. In particular, drawing on a large-scale survey of high school students, we examine whether ACEs influence delinquency and whether this effect is mediated by sleep. We find modest support for the central hypothesis that ACEs contribute to suboptimal sleep and in turn delinquency. Implications for research and policy are discussed.
KW - adverse childhood experiences
KW - delinquency
KW - sleep
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U2 - 10.1177/00111287221083961
DO - 10.1177/00111287221083961
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126597227
SN - 0011-1287
VL - 69
SP - 1919
EP - 1946
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
IS - 10
ER -