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  • Child Psychology
  • Sleep Medicine

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  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder impacting children and adolescents.
  • Understanding the relationship between ADHD symptom severity and sleep patterns is crucial for effective intervention.
  • Previous research has yielded mixed results on the association between ADHD and sleep disruption.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between ADHD symptom severity and sleep disruption in early adolescents.
  • To differentiate between subjective and objective measures of sleep in relation to ADHD symptoms.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, including 4,414 early adolescents.
  • Assessed ADHD symptoms using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
  • Evaluated sleep disturbance via parent-reported Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) and objectively via wrist-worn accelerometers for sleep duration.

Main Results:

  • A moderate positive correlation was found between ADHD symptoms and subjective sleep disturbance (r = 0.41).
  • A very small negative correlation was observed between ADHD symptoms and objectively measured sleep duration (r = -0.05).
  • Multivariate and longitudinal analyses confirmed a significant association between ADHD symptoms and subjective sleep disturbance, but not objective sleep duration.

Conclusions:

  • Increased ADHD symptom severity is associated with greater perceived sleep disturbance in adolescents.
  • Objective measures of total sleep duration show a weak link to ADHD symptom severity.
  • Discrepancies may stem from unmeasured sleep variables (e.g., sleep quality) or parent-report bias (mono-informant bias).