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Evaluating the use of commercially available wearable wristbands to capture adolescents' daily sleep duration
George, M., Rivenbark, J. G., Russell, M., Ng'eno, L., Hoyle, R. H., & Odgers, C. L. (2019). Evaluating the use of commercially available wearable wristbands to capture adolescents' daily sleep duration. Journal of Research on Adolescence, (3). https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12467
Commercially available wearable devices are marketed as a means of objectively capturing daily sleep easily and inexpensively outside of the laboratory. Two ecological momentary assessment studies-with 120 older adolescents (aged 18-19) and 395 younger adolescents (aged 10-16)-captured nightly self-reported and wearable (Jawbone) recorded sleep duration. Self-reported and wearable recorded daily sleep duration were moderately correlated (r similar to .50), associations which were stronger on weekdays and among young adolescent boys. Older adolescents self-reported sleep duration closely corresponded with estimates from the wearable device, but younger adolescents reported having an hour more of sleep, on average, compared to device estimates. Self-reported, but not wearable-recorded, sleep duration and quality were consistently associated with daily well-being measures. Suggestions for the integration of commercially available wearable devices into future daily research with adolescents are provided.
