TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep in infancy and childhood
T2 - Implications for emotional and behavioral difficulties in adolescence and beyond
AU - Sadeh, Avi
AU - Tikotzky, Liat
AU - Kahn, Michal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Purpose of review: Extensive scientific efforts have been made in an attempt to identify early markers of behavioral and emotional problems. In this context, sleep has received considerable research attention, as it appears to be closely linked to developmental psychopathology. The present review synthesizes some of the most recent findings regarding the concurrent and longitudinal associations between psychopathology and behavioral manifestations of sleep in childhood and adolescence. Recent findings: Recent evidence suggests that compromised sleep is associated with both internalizing and externalizing problems in childhood and adolescence. Moreover, sleep problems have been shown to predict the development of various emotional and behavioral problems, including depression, anxiety, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, risk-taking and aggression. Yet, inconsistencies are apparent, particularly among findings that are based on objective sleep measurement. Summary: Taken together, most recent findings suggest that poor sleep in childhood and adolescence constitutes a risk factor for psychopathological symptoms. Accordingly, the importance of early detection and intervention should be a primary goal in clinical settings. In the research domain, the underlying mechanism of these associations should receive future research attention, in an attempt to broaden the understanding of the relationship between sleep and psychopathology.
AB - Purpose of review: Extensive scientific efforts have been made in an attempt to identify early markers of behavioral and emotional problems. In this context, sleep has received considerable research attention, as it appears to be closely linked to developmental psychopathology. The present review synthesizes some of the most recent findings regarding the concurrent and longitudinal associations between psychopathology and behavioral manifestations of sleep in childhood and adolescence. Recent findings: Recent evidence suggests that compromised sleep is associated with both internalizing and externalizing problems in childhood and adolescence. Moreover, sleep problems have been shown to predict the development of various emotional and behavioral problems, including depression, anxiety, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, risk-taking and aggression. Yet, inconsistencies are apparent, particularly among findings that are based on objective sleep measurement. Summary: Taken together, most recent findings suggest that poor sleep in childhood and adolescence constitutes a risk factor for psychopathological symptoms. Accordingly, the importance of early detection and intervention should be a primary goal in clinical settings. In the research domain, the underlying mechanism of these associations should receive future research attention, in an attempt to broaden the understanding of the relationship between sleep and psychopathology.
KW - Behavior problems
KW - Child
KW - Development
KW - Psychopathology
KW - Sleep
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927938679&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000109
DO - 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000109
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C2 - 25247458
AN - SCOPUS:84927938679
SN - 0951-7367
VL - 27
SP - 453
EP - 459
JO - Current Opinion in Psychiatry
JF - Current Opinion in Psychiatry
IS - 6
ER -