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Identifying Cross-Sectional Predictors of Adolescent Sleep Health Through Machine Learning

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Type:
  Training
Presented by:
DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence
Featuring:
Emily Ricketts, PhD, MS
Series:
Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) Seminars
Relevant categories:
Behavioral Health Child Welfare Cultural Responsiveness
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Overview


Beyond the role of physiological changes that coincide with puberty, multiple social and environmental factors perpetuate poor sleep health in adolescents. However, there is limited research examining their relative importance. This Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) Seminar will explore the investigation that used two popular machine learning approaches to identify the relative significance of key factor indicators of multiple dimensions of sleep, including bedtime, sleep duration, and social jetlag in a diverse sample of adolescents. Participants included 3,381 adolescents aged 15 to 19 years from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Variables spanning sociodemographics and neighborhood context, sleep behaviors, activities, psychopathology, family, school, and physical factors were entered into Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) and random forest machine learning models for variable selection and establishing order of importance. Results and implications for adolescent sleep management will also be discussed.

  Keywords: adolescent, sleep, sleep disturbances, youth
  Public link for sharing: https://learn.wellbeing4la.org/detail?id=401898&k=1770239979  
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Learning objectives


  • List important cross-sectional predictors of sleep health among diverse adolescents
  • Recognize the utility of machine learning approaches like random forest or Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO)
  • Describe research implications for adolescent sleep management practices

Training times


This training is provided at the time(s) and in the format(s) shown below.

Date Time Format CE Credits Availability
March 18, 2026 (Wednesday)
9:00 am - 10:00 am Live, online 1.0 CEs 914 spots left
Added on 2/10/2026
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