[HTML][HTML] Bidirectional associations between adolescents' sleep problems and impulsive behavior over time
Sleep Medicine: X, 2019•Elsevier
Abstract Objective/Background Adolescents who experience sleep problems are less able to
resist impulses. Furthermore, youths who show more impulsive behaviors are, in turn,
assumed to have more sleep problems, which sets the stage for a negative cycle over time.
Empirical research has shown some evidence that sleep problems affect impulse control,
but the bidirectional link has previously not been tested. Therefore, the aim of this study was
to test this assumption. Methods In this study, we used cross-lagged models to investigate …
resist impulses. Furthermore, youths who show more impulsive behaviors are, in turn,
assumed to have more sleep problems, which sets the stage for a negative cycle over time.
Empirical research has shown some evidence that sleep problems affect impulse control,
but the bidirectional link has previously not been tested. Therefore, the aim of this study was
to test this assumption. Methods In this study, we used cross-lagged models to investigate …
Objective/Background
Adolescents who experience sleep problems are less able to resist impulses. Furthermore, youths who show more impulsive behaviors are, in turn, assumed to have more sleep problems, which sets the stage for a negative cycle over time. Empirical research has shown some evidence that sleep problems affect impulse control, but the bidirectional link has previously not been tested. Therefore, the aim of this study was to test this assumption.
Methods
In this study, we used cross-lagged models to investigate the bidirectional association between sleep problems (ie, insomnia and sleep duration) and impulsive behaviors over two years in a cohort of young adolescents (n = 2767, mean age ∼13.7, 47.6% girls). We also investigated the moderating role of age and gender.
Results
The results showed that the links between sleep duration/insomnia and impulsive behavior are bidirectional. Youths who experienced sleep problems also experienced increased difficulties with impulse control, and problems regulating impulses were also linked with increases in sleep problems, and these effects were systematic over two years. Moreover, age did not moderate these associations but impulsive behaviors had a larger impact on girls’ insomnia as compared to boys.
Conclusions
By confirming the bi-directionality of this association, this study supports the importance of developing interventions to promote sleep health in adolescents but also the need to tailor such programs to adolescents’ development because adolescents might not be able to prioritize sleep if they cannot control their impulses.
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