Sleep Disturbance Predicts Depression Symptoms in Early Adolescence: Initial Findings From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of the study was to investigate associations between sleep disturbances and mental health in adolescents.

Methods

Data are from a national sample of 11,670 U.S. participants (5,594 females, aged 9-10 years, 63.5% white) in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study. Initial longitudinal analyses were conducted for a subset of the sample (n = 4,951). Measures of youth sleep disturbance (disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep, sleep-wake transition disorders, and disorders of excessive somnolence) and "typical" total sleep time (number of hours slept on most nights in the past 6 months) were obtained from the parent-report Sleep Disturbance Scale (Data Release 2.0). Parent-report measures of youth mental health (depression, internalizing, and exter

SUBMITTER: Goldstone A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7183901 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature