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JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 157-163Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-005-1824-0
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sleep problems; anxiety; depression
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- MRC [G0100527] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0100527] Funding Source: researchfish
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The objective of this study was to examine the associations between persistent childhood sleep problems and adulthood anxiety and depression. Parents of 943 children (52% male) participating in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study provided information on their children's sleep and internalizing problems at ages 5, 7, and 9 years. When the participants were 21 and 26 years, adult anxiety and depression were diagnosed using a standardized diagnostic interview. After controlling for childhood internalizing problems, sex, and socioeconomic status, persistent sleep problems in childhood predicted adulthood anxiety disorders (OR (95% CI) = 1.60 (1.052.45), p =.030) but not depressive disorders (OR (95% CI) =.99 (.63-1.56), p =.959). Persistent sleep problems in childhood may be an early risk indicator of anxiety in adulthood.
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