@article{ref1,
title="Childhood maltreatment, emotion regulation difficulties/externalizing problems, and sleep problems in adolescents: direct and indirect associations among developmental trajectories",
journal="Sleep Medicine",
year="2024",
author="Yang, Jiaping",
volume="115",
number="",
pages="114-121",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The deleterious effects of childhood maltreatment, emotion regulation difficulties (ERD), and externalizing problems (EP) on sleep problems has been established. Nevertheless, there is still a need to gain a deeper understanding of the potential direct and indirect mechanisms through which these crucial risk factors influence adolescents' sleep problems, particularly with a developmental perspective. This study thus aimed to examine the direct and indirect associations among developmental trajectories of the focal variables in adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: A total of 1648 Chinese adolescents (48.12% boys; M(age) = 13.69 years, SD = 0.82) completed self-report measures on 3 time points across 1 years. Latent growth curve modeling was used to examine the hypothesized models. <br><br>RESULTS: Both the developmental trajectory of childhood maltreatment and the developmental trajectory of ERD/EP were positively and directly related to the developmental trajectory of sleep problems; and the developmental trajectory of childhood maltreatment was indirectly related to the developmental trajectory of sleep problems through the mediating effect of the developmental trajectory of ERD/EP. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The findings elucidated the direct and indirect longitudinal associations among the focal variables, highlighting that interventions should target childhood maltreatment and ERD/EP to decrease sleep problems in adolescents with a developmental perspective.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1389-9457",
doi="10.1016/j.sleep.2024.01.026",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2024.01.026"
}