caa a22 4500 605477329 CHVBK 20210128100400.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00787-014-0636-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00787-014-0636-6 Sleep problems predict comorbid externalizing behaviors and depression in young adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [Elektronische Daten] [Stephen Becker, Joshua Langberg, Steven Evans] Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience high rates of sleep problems and are also at increased risk for experiencing comorbid mental health problems. This study provides an initial examination of the 1-year prospective association between sleep problems and comorbid symptoms in youth diagnosed with ADHD. Participants were 81 young adolescents (75% male) carefully diagnosed with ADHD and their parents. Parents completed measures of their child's sleep problems and ADHD symptoms, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms, and general externalizing behavior problems at baseline (M age=12.2) and externalizing behaviors were assessed again 1year later. Adolescents completed measures of anxiety and depression at both time-points. Medication use was not associated with sleep problems or comorbid psychopathology symptoms. Regression analyses indicated that, above and beyond demographic characteristics, ADHD symptom severity, and initial levels of comorbidity, sleep problems significantly predicted greater ODD symptoms, general externalizing behavior problems, and depressive symptoms 1year later. Sleep problems were not concurrently or prospectively associated with anxiety. Although this study precludes making causal inferences, it does nonetheless provide initial evidence of sleep problems predicting later comorbid externalizing behaviors and depression symptoms in youth with ADHD. Additional research is needed with larger samples and multiple time-points to further examine the interrelations of sleep problems and comorbidity. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 ADHD nationallicence Anxiety nationallicence Comorbidity nationallicence Conduct problems nationallicence Depression nationallicence Longitudinal nationallicence Sleep nationallicence Becker Stephen Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 10006, 45229-3039, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut Langberg Joshua Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA aut Evans Steven Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA aut European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/8(2015-08-01), 897-907 1018-8827 24:8<897 2015 24 787 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0636-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0636-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Becker Stephen Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 10006, 45229-3039, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Langberg Joshua Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Evans Steven Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/8(2015-08-01), 897-907 1018-8827 24:8<897 2015 24 787