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ArticleChild development2026

Adding fuel to the fire: How childhood and adolescent histories of interparental conflict amplify sleep problems during the transition to emerging adulthood.

Morgan J Thompson, Alexandra D Ehrhardt, Ryan J Kelly, Mona El-Sheikh

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Article in Child development, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Morgan J ThompsonDepartment of Human Development & Family Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1319-7423
Alexandra D EhrhardtDepartment of Human Development & Family Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6599-9714
Ryan J KellyDepartment of Individual, Family, and Community Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1984-1411
Mona El-SheikhDepartment of Human Development & Family Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5784-8318

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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Abstract

The study examined whether change in childhood interparental conflict (IPC) moderated links between change in adolescent IPC and sleep from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Participants (N = 351, 52% female, 67% European American, 32% African American, 1% biracial) from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in the Southeastern United States completed five waves of data collection (Mages = 8, 10, 15, 17, 22) between 2005 and 2022. Actigraphs measured sleep duration and quality. Participants reported on parents' IPC. Latent change score models examined change-on-change in IPC and sleep. Among those with histories of increasing childhood IPC, increases in adolescent IPC predicted increases in sleep activity (β = .24) and long-wake episodes (β = .22) and decreases in sleep efficiency (β = -.20) from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Findings are consistent with stress sensitization.

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Family ConflictSleep Wake DisordersAdolescentChildFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleSleep DurationSoutheastern United StatesYoung Adultactigraphyinterparental conflictsleepstress sensitization

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PMCPMC13330873

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