Peripubertal Sleep Study​

The KiDS Lab is conducting a NIGMS-Funded pilot project through the Bradley Hospital COBRE Center on Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (PI M. Carskadon). The project involves peripubertal youth (8-12) with early onset severe psychopathology. Measures include:
  • Fitbit HR, activity, sleep
  • Daily parent & child report diaries
  • Multi-informant longitudinal surveys
  • Medical records and geo-coded neighborhood 
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Fitbit Sleep & HR
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HR Variability
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DNA Methylation
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Sleep Regularity
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Children's Partial Hospital Program
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Intensive Hospital Setting
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Adversity & Neighborhood Context

Study & Related Publications

  • Acosta, J., Parent, J., & Hare, M., DiMarzio, K., Sisitsky, M., McMakin, D. (in press). Developing the Nighttime Parenting Scale: Differentiating nighttime versus general parenting practices and their impact on youth sleep health. Sleep Health. doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2023.05.007. PDF
  • Rojo-Wissar, D., Acosta, J., DiMarzio, K., Hare, M., Dale, C., Sanders, W., & Parent, J. (in press). The role of sleep in the longitudinal association between screen media activity and youth behavioral health. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. doi:10.1111/camh.12665. PDF
  • Acosta, J., Parent, J., McMakin, D. L., McKee, L. G., DiMarzio, K., & Dale, C. F. (2021). Longitudinal associations between parenting practices and youth sleep problems. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 42, 751-760. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000953. PDF

Study Collaborators

John McGeary, PhD
Project Mentor 
Providence VA Medical Center & Brown University
Darlynn Rojo-Wissar, PhD
Co-Investigator
​Bradley Hospital
​& Brown University
Mary Carskadon, PhD
COBRE PI & Project Co-I
Bradley Hospital
​& Brown University