Trial reportJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2018
Do sleep problems mediate the link between adverse childhood experiences and delinquency in preadolescent children in foster care?
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- Associations between childhood maltreatment and behavioral sleep disturbances across the lifespan: A systematic review.Sleep medicine reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluating the effect of sleep kits and training in foster care clinic visits.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2025Trial
- Mental Health Outcomes of Foster and Adopted Individuals with Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Validation of Known Risks Using EHR Data.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Consensus statement on developmentally appropriate policy and practice for adolescents in foster care.Children and youth services review · 2025Article
- Air pollution exposures and adverse childhood experiences in relation to sleep health in middle childhood.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2025Article
- Associations among early life adversity, sleep disturbances, and depressive symptoms in adolescent females and males: a longitudinal investigation.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2024Article
- Improving adolescent sleep in long-term Juvenile correctional settings: case examples with clinical, research, and policy implications.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024Article
- Adverse childhood experiences, sleep problems, low self-control, and adolescent delinquency: A longitudinal serial mediation analysis.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- "I'm Glad that I was Given a Second Chance to Live": The Buffering Impact of Turning Points in the Lives of Young People with Foster Care Experience.International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice · 2023Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and sleep links in a predominantly Black sample of overweight adults.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2023Article
- A school-based health and mindfulness curriculum improves children's objectively measured sleep: a prospective observational cohort study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Observational
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Insufficient Sleep Among U.S. Children and Adolescents.Academic pediatrics · 2022Article
- Call to action: Prioritizing sleep health among US children and youth residing in alternative care settings.Sleep health · 2022Article
- Sleep Disturbance and Its Association With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and Attention in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Associations of adverse childhood experiences with adolescent total sleep time, social jetlag, and insomnia symptoms.Sleep medicine · 2021Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Forensic Typologies: Getting Specific about Trauma among Institutionalized Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Early adversity predicts adoptees' enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Article
- Trauma, Sleep and Mental Health Problems in Low-Income Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Hair Cortisol Concentration as a Biomarker of Sleep Quality and Related Disorders.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Use of Sleep Medication in Youth Residential Care.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with multiple mental and physical health problems. Yet, mechanisms by which ACEs confer risk for specific problems are largely unknown. Children in foster care typically have multiple ACEs and high rates of negative sequelae, including delinquent behaviors. Mechanisms explaining this link have not been explored in this population. Impaired sleep has been identified as a potential mechanism by which ACEs lead to delinquency in adolescents, because inadequate sleep may lead to poor executive function and cognitive control - known risk factors for delinquency.
methodsInterviews were conducted with 516 maltreated children in foster care, ages 9-11 years, and their caregivers regarding child exposure to ACEs, sleep problems, engagement in delinquent acts, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and current psychotropic medication use. ACEs data were also obtained from child welfare case records.
resultsAfter controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, placement type (residential, kin, foster), length of time in placement, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and current psychotropic medication use, sleep partially mediated the association between ACEs and delinquency.
conclusionsAlthough delinquency is likely multiply determined in this population, improving sleep may be one important strategy to reduce delinquency.
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