Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality: Associations With Depressive Symptoms Across Adolescence

• DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2015.1120198
• Publication Date: 2016-01-08T16:03:31Z
• Authors: Monika B. Raniti; Nicholas B. Allen; Orli Schwartz; Joanna M. Waloszek; Michelle L. Byrne; Michael J. Woods; Bei Bei; Christian L. Nich...; John Trinder
• Keywords: Sleep; Sleep onset latency; Depression

This study explored whether short sleep duration and quality mediate the relationship between age depressive symptoms. For comparison, we also symptoms quality. The sample comprised 741 adolescents (63.5% female, mean 15.78 years, range 11.92-19.67 years) in grades 7-12 from 11 secondary schools metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. Students completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Path analyses suggested that significantly mediated Poor this when was defined by subjective judgement, but not disturbance, efficiency, or onset latency. Depressive (subjective latency). These findings suggest population-wide increase across adolescence is partially sleep-related developmental changes. They highlight importance of examining specific problems investigating mood group.