Does objectively assessed sleep at five years predict sleep and psychological functioning at 14 years? - Hmm, yes and no!

Serge Brand; Martin Hatzinger; Christina Stadler; Margarete Bolten; Agnes von Wyl; Sonja Perren; Kai von Klitzing; Stephanie Stadelmann; Edith Holsboer-Trachsler

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.10.007

Does objectively assessed sleep at five years predict sleep and psychological functioning at 14 years? - Hmm, yes and no!

J Psychiatr Res. 2015 Jan:60:148-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.10.007. Epub 2014 Oct 15.

Authors

Serge Brand¹, Martin Hatzinger², Christina Stadler³, Margarete Bolten³, Agnes von Wyl⁴, Sonja Perren⁵, Kai von Klitzing⁶, Stephanie Stadelmann⁶, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler⁷

Affiliations

¹ Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: serge.brand@upkbs.ch.
² Psychiatric Services Solothurn, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Solothurn, Switzerland.
³ Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Germany.
⁷ Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 25454024
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.10.007

Abstract

Background: We tested the hypothesis that objectively assessed sleep at kindergarten level predicts sleep and psychological functioning in adolescence.

Method: Thirty-seven adolescents aged 14 years (SD = 1.3), of 67 participants assessed as preschoolers, took part in a follow-up study nine years later. Participants completed a series of questionnaires related to sleep and psychological functioning. Sleep-EEG clusters of poor, normal and good sleepers assessed as children nine years earlier were used as predictors for subjective sleep and psychological functioning in adolescence.

Results: At the age of 14, those who were normal and good sleepers rather than poor sleepers at the age of five had more positive psychological functioning on dimensions including mental toughness, peer relationship, self-esteem, and perceived stress, but did not differ in current sleep patterns.

Conclusions: Objectively assessed sleep patterns at the age of five are predictive of aspects of psychological functioning during adolescence.

Keywords: Adolescence; Childhood; Longitudinal study; Prediction; Psychological functioning; Sleep.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Behavioral Symptoms / epidemiology
Behavioral Symptoms / psychology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Electroencephalography
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Risk Factors
Self Concept*
Self Report
Sleep* / physiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors