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ArticleJournal of sleep research2024

Implications of childhood adversity for women's perinatal sleep quality and depressive symptoms over time: A serial mediation model.

Crystal Modde Epstein, Hellen Lustermans, Thomas P McCoy, Roseriet Beijers, Esther M Leerkes, Carolina de Weerth

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Article in Journal of sleep research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Crystal Modde EpsteinSchool of Nursing, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5417-8096
Hellen LustermansDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Thomas P McCoySchool of Nursing, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
Roseriet BeijersDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Esther M LeerkesSchool of Health and Human Sciences, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
Carolina de WeerthDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro · US

Funding

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research 016.Vici.185.038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study sought to examine the effects of childhood adversity on the longitudinal associations between perinatal sleep quality and depressive symptoms, and to determine the prospective associations between these constructs over time. A cross-lagged autoregressive model was used to examine the longitudinal association between sleep quality and depressive symptoms at four points during the perinatal period: 18 and 32 weeks of pregnancy, and 6 and 12 weeks postpartum. Longitudinal mediation models were used to examine whether sleep quality or depressive symptoms mediated the effects of childhood adversity on these symptoms. Most participants (86%) reported poor sleep quality during pregnancy. Significant cross-lagged effects of depressive symptoms on subsequent sleep quality were observed during pregnancy and postpartum. Depressive symptoms significantly mediated the effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality during pregnancy, but sleep quality did not significantly mediate the effects of childhood trauma on depressive symptoms. While sleep quality and depressive symptoms tend to co-occur, our analyses indicate that perinatal depressive symptoms work as the primary driver of sleep quality over time. Childhood adversity may have long-reaching effects in women as it was associated with more depressive symptoms in the perinatal period, which in turn appeared to undermine sleep quality.

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Adverse Childhood ExperiencesDepressionSleep QualityAdultFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMediation AnalysisPostpartum PeriodPregnancyProspective Studieschildhood traumadepressionpostpartumpregnantsleep

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PMID38531641
PMCPMC11596982
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