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Examining the Association between Recent Maternal Incarceration and Adolescents’ Sleep Patterns, Dietary Behaviors, and Physical Activity Involvement

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  • Qianwei Zhao

    (Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USA)

  • Ning He

    (Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA)

  • Flor Avellaneda

    (Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USA)

  • Danielle E. Parrish

    (Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USA)

Abstract

Maternal incarceration has become an increasingly common life event among adolescents in the U.S., especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Evidence suggests that maternal incarceration is a risk factor for adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems. However, its collateral consequences on adolescents’ sleep patterns, dietary behaviors and physical activity involvement remain unclear. This study uses the Fragile Family and Child Wellbeing Study dataset (N = 3262) to examine the prevalence of risk behaviors related to sleep, diet, and physical exercise among adolescents with maternal incarceration histories and assess the relationship between maternal incarceration and these behavioral health risks. Findings suggested that a significantly lower proportion of adolescents with maternal incarceration experiences consumed breakfast for at least four days a week than those without maternal incarceration experiences (41.78% vs. 52.76%, p = 0.009), a higher proportion of them consumed fast food for at least two days a week (57.35% vs. 48.61%, p = 0.035), had at least two sweetened drinks per day (71.92% vs. 62.21%, p = 0.018), and reported more days having problems staying asleep per week (1.70 vs. 1.26, p = 0.008). Regression analyses suggested that adolescents with maternal incarceration experiences were more likely to have problems staying asleep (B = 0.44, p = 0.012) than those without maternal incarceration experiences.

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  • Qianwei Zhao & Ning He & Flor Avellaneda & Danielle E. Parrish, 2023. "Examining the Association between Recent Maternal Incarceration and Adolescents’ Sleep Patterns, Dietary Behaviors, and Physical Activity Involvement," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-14, April.
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    1. Zhao, Qianwei & Cepeda, Alice & Chou, Chih-Ping & Valdez, Avelardo, 2020. "Maternal incarceration trajectories and the intergenerational transmission of imprisonment: A nationwide study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
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    4. Zhao, Qianwei & Parrish, Danielle & He, Ning, 2023. "Maternal incarceration and adolescent girls’ risk of substance-exposed pregnancy, STIs, and HIV," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
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