ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019
Insomnia Severity in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder is Associated with sensory Hyper-Reactivity and Social Skill Impairment.
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- Effects of chronic sleep restriction on the neuro-phenotypes of Ctnnd2 knockout mice.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
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- The Impact of Weighted Blanket Use on Adults with Sensory Sensitivity and Insomnia.Occupational therapy international · 2023Article
- Pathways to Anxiety and Depression in Autistic Adolescents and Adults.Depression and anxiety · 2023Article
- Patterns of sleep disturbances and associations with depressive symptoms in autistic young adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- Exploring Sensory Subgroups in Typical Development and Autism Spectrum Development Using Factor Mixture Modelling.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Cross-disorder comparison of sensory over-responsivity in chronic tic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder.Comprehensive psychiatry · 2022Article
- Sleep, Sensory Integration/Processing, and Autism: A Scoping Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Histamine, Neuroinflammation and Neurodevelopment: A Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
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- Sleep Quality in Autism from Adolescence to Old Age.Autism in adulthood · 2020Article
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Abstract
Insomnia is a common source of distress in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Two characteristics of ASD could be relevant to insomnia complaints by hampering the entrainment of a circadian sleep-wake rhythm. First, sensory hyper-reactivity could lead to bright light avoidance and thus affect photoperiodic input to the circadian system. Second, impaired social skills complicate the establishment of a social interactions and thus affect scheduled social-behavioral input to the circadian system. We investigated the association of insomnia severity with sensory reactivity and social skills in 631 adults (18-65 years) with ASD. Results revealed positive associations of insomnia severity with general and visual sensory hyper-reactivity and with impairment of social skills. The findings warrant further studies which (1) directly assess whether a suboptimal functioning of the biological clock underlies these associations and (2) identify other factors that could contribute to observed sleep problems.
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