title: Associations between sleep problems and attentional and behavioral functioning in children with anxiety disorders and ADHD.
abstract: This study examined associations between sleep problems and attentional and behavioral functioning in 137 children aged 7 to 13 years with anxiety disorders (n = 39), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; n = 38), combined anxiety disorder and ADHD (n = 25), and 35 controls. Diagnoses were made using the semistructured diagnostic interview Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-age Children-Present and Lifetime Version. Sleep problems were assessed using the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, attention was measured by the Attention Network Test, and behavioral problems were measured by teacher ratings on the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment, Teacher Report Form. Sleep problems were associated with reduced efficiency of the alerting attention system for all children and with increased internalizing problems in children with anxiety disorders.
authors: a Research Department , Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway.
authors: Berit Hjelde
authors: BH
authors: Hansen
authors: Benedicte
authors: B
authors: Skirbekk
authors: Beate
authors: B
authors: Oerbeck
authors: Tore
authors: T
authors: Wentzel-Larsen
authors: Hanne
authors: H
authors: Kristensen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires