Sleep problems in youth reliably forecast the development of anxiety and mood disorders, presumably due to increased emotional difficulties. However, precise emotional mechanisms have yet to be delineated.
Sleep problems during childhood and adolescence are associated with higher instances of anxiety and mood disorders in later years. This study examined the association between sleep problems, emotion regulation strategies, and the risk of psychiatric disorders in adolescents.
While early exposure to poverty has been linked to decrements in children’s behavior through underlying pathways of parenting stress and depression, extant research has typically relied on the use of objective measures of socioeconomic status (SES) to test these associations.
Understanding the impact of the family's socioeconomic status on child behavior has important implications for minimizing problem behavior.