Sleep patterns among preschool offspring of parents with and without psychopathology: Association with the development of psychopathology in childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disturbed sleep during early childhood predicts social-emotional problems. However, it is not known how various early childhood sleep phenotypes are associated with the development of childhood psychopathology, nor whether these relationships vary as a function of parental psychopathology. We identified sleep phenotypes among preschool youth; examined whether these phenotypes were associated with child and parent factors; and determined if early sleep phenotypes predicted later childhood psychopathology.

Methods

Using data from the Pittsburgh Bipolar Offspring study, parents with bipolar disorder (BD), non-BD psychopathology, and healthy controls reported about themselves and their offspring (n = 218) when their children were ages 2-5. Offspring and parents were i

SUBMITTER: Levenson JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10853485 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature