TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Daily bidirectional relationships between sleep and mental health symptoms in youth with emotional and behavioral problems
JO  - Journal of pediatric psychology
A1  - Van Dyk, Tori R.
A1  - Thompson, Ronald W.
A1  - Nelson, Timothy D.
SP  - 983
EP  - 992
VL  - 41
IS  - 9
N2  - OBJECTIVE:  The present study examined the daily, bidirectional relationships between sleep and mental health symptoms in youth presenting to mental health treatment. <br><br>METHODS:  Youth aged 6 to 11 (36% female, 44% European American) presenting to outpatient behavioral health treatment (N = 25) were recruited to participate in the study. Children and parents completed daily questionnaires regarding the child's sleep, mood, and behavior for a 14-day period, while youth wore an actigraph watch to objectively measure sleep. <br><br>RESULTS:  Examining between- and within-person variance using multilevel models, results indicate that youth had poor sleep duration and quality and that sleep and mental health symptoms were highly related at the daily level. Between-person effects were found to be most important and significant bidirectional relationships exist. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS:  Identifying and addressing sleep problems in the context of mental health treatment is important, as poor sleep is associated with increased symptomology and may contribute to worsened mental health.<br><br>© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-8693
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsw040
ID  - ref1
ER  -