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Cognitive, behavioral, and functional consequences of inadequate sleep in children and adolescents

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Beebe, Dean W.·2011·Pediatric Clinics of North America

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This article summarizes correlational, case-control, quasi-experimental, and experimental studies that have examined whether sleep during childhood and adolescence is related to daytime functioning. Published findings suggest that inadequate sleep quality and/or quantity can cause sleepiness, inattention and, very likely, other cognitive and behavioral deficits that significantly impact children and adolescents in functional settings. This article then integrates findings from longitudinal studies within a developmental psychopathology model. Important questions remain, but evidence supports the integration of sleep screening and interventions into routine clinical care and also supports advocacy for public policy changes to improve the sleep of children and adolescents.

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  • Adolescents with insufficient sleep have higher rates of behavior regulation problems, depression, anxiety, and risky behaviors than those with healthy sleep durations.

    “Adolescents who do not get enough sleep have higher rates of behavior regulation problems, depression, anxiety, and risky behaviors than adolescents with healthy sleep durations (Beebe, 2011; Shochat et al., 2014), because sleep deprivation changes risk-taking, sensation-seeking, and impulsivity and is linked to poorer emotional processing (Krause et al., 2017).”

    From School start time delays and high school educational outcomes: Evidence from the START/LEARN study (2023) · cites this paper as Beebe, 2011

    The Correlational and Case-Control Studies section links inadequate sleep to behavior-regulation difficulties and adolescent risk-taking. Adding a Developmental Context reports that childhood sleep problems predict later anxiety and depressive symptoms, including across adolescence. But the paper says associations between sleep duration and emotional functioning are mixed; it does not establish higher rates of all four outcomes in adolescents with insufficient versus healthy sleep durations. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Sufficient sleep is necessary for the cognitive, health, and behavioral factors that support educational success.

    “We expect links between school start time delays and academic performance because getting enough sleep is a key input to the cognitive, health, and behavioral factors necessary for educational success.”
  • Early childhood sleep problems are associated with poor developmental outcomes across neurocognitive, social-emotional, physical health, and family functioning domains.

    “early childhood sleep problems are associated with a number of poor developmental outcomes across neurocognitive [4,5], social-emotional [6-9], physical health [10,11], and family functioning domains [12-15]”

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Authors
Beebe, D. W.
Affiliations
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Beebe, Dean W.
Venue
Pediatric Clinics of North America
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-06
Volume
58
Issue
3
Pages
649-665
ISSN
0031-3955 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2086869244
Cited by
638
References
108
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Pediatric Clinics of North America (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL092149)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
Keywords
insufficient sleep, sleep duration, sleep quality, children, adolescents, daytime functioning, sleepiness, inattention, cognitive impairment, behavioral deficits, developmental psychopathology, sleep screening, sleep interventions, public policy
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Cognition, Humans, Disorders of Excessive Somnolence, Quality of Life, Sleep, Stress, Psychological

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