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    Psychiatry Res. 2002 Aug 5;111(1):75-85.

    Sleep duration, insomnia and behavioral problems among Chinese adolescents.

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    Department of Family and Human Development and Program for Prevention Research, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 876005, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. xianchen.liu@asu.edu

    Abstract

    This study examined the associations among sleep duration, insomnia, and behavioral problems in a sample of 1359 Chinese adolescents. Participants completed a self-administrated questionnaire that included questions on sleep duration and insomnia symptoms and the Youth Self-Report of Child Behavior Checklist. It was found that adolescents who complained of insomnia reported sleep duration only half an hour shorter than did those without insomnia. Sleep duration did not differ among adolescents reporting three different types of insomnia (difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, and early morning awakening). Adolescents with insomnia reported more behavioral problems than did those without complaints of insomnia. After adjustment for age and sex, sleep duration of less than 7 h a day was significantly associated with most behavioral problems in those without complaints of insomnia but with only a few behavioral problems in adolescents reporting insomnia. Results suggest that sleep duration in adolescents with insomnia is short, but not as short as reported in previous clinical studies. Insomnia and short sleep duration are associated with a wide range of behavioral and emotional problems in adolescents.

    PMID:
    12140122
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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