The impact of sleep problems during late childhood on internalizing problems in early-mid adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sleep and internalizing problems escalate during adolescence and can negatively impact long-term health. However, the directionality of this risk-relationship remains poorly understood within a developmental context. The current study aimed to determine the directionality of this relationship in adolescents with no history of psychiatric disorder and whether sex at birth played a role in this relationship.

Methods

We used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development, an ongoing multisite longitudinal US study, that covered four waves (W1:9-11 years; W2:10-12 years; W3:11-13 years; W4:12-14 years). Analyses included 3,128 youth (50.99%girls) with no past or current psychiatric disorders at W1. The Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and the Child Behavior

SUBMITTER: Santos JPL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12490058 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature