The association between short and long nocturnal sleep durations and risky behaviours and the moderating factors in Taiwanese adolescents

Advancing a Biopsychosocial and Contextual Model of Sleep in Adolescence: A Review and Introduction to the Special Issue

“…Several studies have found poorer sleep functioning to be concurrently associated with adolescent-reported suicidal ideation (Do et al 2013;Roane and Taylor 2008;Sarchiapone et al 2014;Yen et al 2010). In Roane and Taylor's (2008) population-based study, poor sleep was also associated with suicide attempts.…”

“…It is clear that shorter sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and daytime sleepiness are concurrently associated with both anxiety and depression in adolescents (e.g., Do et al 2013;Fuligni and Hardway 2006;KirmilGray et al 1984;Manni et al 1997;McKnight-Eily et al 2011;Moore et al 2009;Roberts et al 2001;Sarchiapone et al 2014;Yen et al 2010). Given the number of studies that have examined the interrelations of sleep and anxiety/ depression in adolescents, the following review focuses on longitudinal studies in this area.…”

“…Multiple mechanisms are likely implicated in the association between violence exposure (either in the home or in the community) and adolescent delinquency Becker 2010, 2015), but studies have yet to separate out sleep disturbances from other symptoms of PTSD when examining the link between trauma/PTSD and delinquency or other antisocial behaviors. Given the findings summarized above linking sleep to carrying/using a weapon (Hildenbrand et al 2013;Umlauf et al 2011), as well as other studies showing short sleep duration to be associated with violence towards others, truancy, and a criminal record for theft (Yen et al 2010), it would behoove researchers to consider the specific role of sleep problems as one possible mechanism linking trauma and violence exposure to delinquency and other externalizing behaviors. Indeed, there is preliminary cross-sectional evidence suggesting that sleep problems may account for the link between community violence and delinquency in at-risk Latino adolescents .…”

Relationships of Subjective Insomnia and Sleep Duration with Depression, Anxiety, and Pain Problems in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

“…Their responses were used to represent their habitual nocturnal sleep duration. The 2-week test-retest reliability and correlation between self-reports and parents' reports for the duration of nocturnal sleep (Pearson correlation's r) were .72 and .70 (p < .001), respectively [23]. We defined children and adolescents whose total sleep duration at night was one standard deviation (SD) below the mean sleep duration of all participants as "short sleepers," those whose total sleep duration at night was within one SD of the mean sleep duration as "average sleepers," and those whose total sleep duration at night was one SD above the mean sleep duration as "long sleepers.…”

“…First, community-based studies have shown that compared with adolescents with average sleep duration, those with long nocturnal sleep duration were more prone to violence, alcohol and illicit drug use, and truancy [23], whereas long nocturnal sleep duration was found to be significantly associated with higher psychological well-being and quality of life [24]. Although one study showed that long sleep duration can predict the effect of stimulant medication on the improvement of executive attention in individuals with ADHD [25], another study found that long sleep duration was associated with increased odds of reporting ADHD [26].…”