Sleep disturbances and delayed sleep timing are associated with greater post-traumatic stress symptoms in youth following Hurricane Harvey

Palmer, Cara A., Bahn, Alexis, Deutchman, Dagny, Bower, Joanne L., Weems, Carl F. and Alfano, Candice A. (2023) Sleep disturbances and delayed sleep timing are associated with greater post-traumatic stress symptoms in youth following Hurricane Harvey. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 54 (6). 1534–1545. ISSN 0009-398X

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Abstract

Sleep patterns following a natural disaster are associated with mental health difficulties, but research in youth samples has been limited to subjective reports of sleep. Participants (N = 68, 8–17 years old) completed an assessment 6–9 months after Hurricane Harvey, which included subjective measures of sleep, chronotype, hurricane-related post-traumatic stress symptoms, and one week of actigraphy. Prior to the hurricane, parents provided reports on emotional symptoms. Controlling for age, sex, socioeconomic status, participation time, and pre-hurricane emotional symptoms, subjective sleep disturbances and an eveningness chronotype were associated with greater post-traumatic stress, with the strongest effects observed for re-experiencing, negative cognitions/mood, and arousal/reactivity symptoms. Later sleep timing as measured by actigraphy was associated with greater arousal/reactivity symptoms and shorter sleep duration was associated with greater avoidance symptoms. As extreme weather-related events are expected to become more frequent and severe, these findings contribute to models of youth risk and resilience.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Funding Information: This project was funded by a National Science Foundation award (#1813574) to Drs. Palmer (PI) and Alfano (Co-PI) and awards from the National Institute of Mental Health (#R21MH099351; #K23MH081188) to Dr. Alfano.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	circadian timing,natural disaster,negative life events,post-traumatic stress,sleep,psychiatry and mental health,developmental and educational psychology,pediatrics, perinatology, and child health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2738
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Apr 2022 12:30
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2025 10:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/84744
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