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ArticleChild neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence2026

Longitudinal associations between preschool executive control and adolescent sleep: exploring the possible moderating role of negative affectivity.

Hope Thilges, Eric M Phillips, Emily L Goldberg, Rebecca L Brock, Jennifer Mize Nelson, W Alex Mason, Kimberly Andrews Espy, Timothy D Nelson

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Hope ThilgesDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-8387-3563
Eric M PhillipsDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Emily L GoldbergDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Rebecca L BrockDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Jennifer Mize NelsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
W Alex MasonDepartment of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Kimberly Andrews EspyDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Timothy D NelsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.

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Executive Function Development in Preschool ChildrenR01MH065668 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI ESPY, KIMBERLY ANDREWS, WIEBE, SANDRA A. · 2004 to 2013
$4.8M
Neural Vulnerabilities for Obesity: A Contextualized, Longitudinal Study in AdolescenceR01DK116693 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI Timothy David Nelson, Maital Neta · 2018 to 2026
$4.0M
Modifiable predictors of neural vulnerabilities for obesityR01DK125651 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI NELSON, TIMOTHY DAVID, SAVAGE, CARY R · 2020 to 2024
$3.0M
Neurocognitive Mechanisms Linking Early Parent-Child Relationship Quality to Transdiagnostic Psychopathology at School AgeF31HD111293 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI PHILLIPS, ERIC · 2023 to 2024
$97k
NICHD NIH HHS F31 HD111293NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116693NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK125651NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH065668
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Abstract

While many adolescents receive insufficient sleep, the role of specific cognitive abilities as modifiable predictors of adolescent sleep remain equivocal. Executive control (EC) comprises cognitive processes important for self-regulation, but few studies have investigated associations between early EC performance and later sleep. This study examines longitudinal associations between preschool EC and adolescent sleep outcomes (average and intraindividual sleep duration, bedtime, waketime), with preschool negative affectivity (NA) as a possible moderator. Youth completed an EC task battery during preschool (age 5.25 years) and wore an actigraphy monitor to record sleep during adolescence (ages 14 to 18). Caregivers reported on child NA. Multilevel structural equation modeling with a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) procedure was used to examine EC, NA, and sleep associations. Preschool EC, represented by a latent factor, was significantly associated with adolescent average sleep duration, with better preschool EC significantly related to greater average sleep duration in adolescence. Preschool EC was also significantly associated with adolescent intraindividual variability in bedtimes, with better preschool EC related to more consistent night-to-night bedtimes. No significant interaction between preschool EC and NA was found. Given the ramifications of poor adolescent sleep across domains, findings suggest targeting early EC may support healthy sleep behaviors.

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adolescenceExecutive controlexecutive functionpreschoolsleep

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PMCPMC13364066

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