Associations Between Sleep Health and Child Behavior at Age 6 Years in the INSIGHT Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Suboptimal sleep is associated with disruptive behaviors in childhood. We evaluate associations of mean and variability (SD) of sleep duration, quality, and timing with emotion regulation, impulsivity, and prosocial and antisocial behavior in children.

Methods

Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories, a randomized controlled trial designed for obesity prevention, compared a responsive parenting intervention delivered in the first 2.5 years after birth with a home safety control group. At age 6 years, children wore an actigraphy device for 7 days and participated in behavioral tasks evaluating behavioral control, emotion regulation, and prosocial and antisocial behaviors. Separate linear regression models examined associations between sleep

SUBMITTER: Dadzie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11832345 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Feb 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature