ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2025
The Connection Between Sleep Problems and Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Autistic Children: A Network Analysis.
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- Eating and Sleep Disturbances in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Turkey: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Pooled it
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- Daridorexant in children and adolescents with insomnia disorder: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2026Article
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- Sleep problems in autistic children and adolescents: an age-stratified approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Sleep Disturbances and Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Systematic Review.Clinics and practice · 2025Review
- Association Between Sleep Disturbance and Behavioral Feeding Problems in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical and Demographic Correlates of Insomnia Symptoms in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- From comfortable to conflicted: a three-year longitudinal symptom evolution of problematic Internet use among junior high school students.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Association and Mediators Between Sleep Problems in Autistic Children and Parenting Stress.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The interactions between sleep problems, autism symptoms and emotional and behavioural difficulties were explored using network analysis in 240 autistic children (mean age: 8.8 years, range 5-13 years) with moderate to severe sleep problems. Findings revealed a highly connected and interpretable network, with three separate clusters identified of the modelled variables. Depression, anxiety and behavioural difficulties were the most central variables of the network. Depression, anxiety and restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns behaviours (RRBs) were the strongest bridging variables in the network model, transmitting activation both within and between other symptom clusters. The results highlight that depression and anxiety were highly connected symptoms within the network, suggesting support in these areas could be helpful, as well as future research.
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