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JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13026
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adverse childhood experiences; functional impairment; military psychology; sleep
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have long-term impacts on a person's mental health, which extend into adulthood. There is a high prevalence of ACEs among service members. Further, service members also report frequently experiencing disrupted sleep. We hypothesized that disrupted sleep may serve a mechanistic function connecting ACEs to functional impairment and poorer mental health. In a cross-sectional sample (n = 759), we found evidence for an indirect effect of ACEs on mental health outcomes through disrupted sleep. In a different sample using two time-points (n = 410), we found evidence for an indirect effect of ACEs on changes in mental health outcomes and functional impairment during a reset period, through changes in disrupted sleep during the same period. Implications, limitations and future research directions are discussed.
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