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Parasympathetic functioning and sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), an index of parasympathetic nervous system activity, has been linked with sleep quality among children with neurotypical development. The current study extended examination of these processes to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a group at considerable...

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Autores principales: Schiltz, Hillary K., Fenning, Rachel M., Erath, Stephen A., Baker, Jason K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9825964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36114684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2816
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author Schiltz, Hillary K.
Fenning, Rachel M.
Erath, Stephen A.
Baker, Jason K.
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description Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), an index of parasympathetic nervous system activity, has been linked with sleep quality among children with neurotypical development. The current study extended examination of these processes to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a group at considerable risk for sleep problems. Participants included 54 children with ASD (aged 6–10 years, 43% Hispanic). RSA data were collected via a wired MindWare system during a 3‐min baseline and a 3‐min challenge task. Parents reported on their children's sleep problems and sleep duration using the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, Abbreviated. Although no significant correlations emerged between RSA indices and parent‐reported child sleep, baseline RSA and RSA reactivity interacted in the prediction of sleep problems. For children with higher RSA reactivity, higher baseline RSA was associated with fewer sleep problems, but for children with lower RSA reactivity, baseline RSA was not predictive. No main effects or interactions of RSA predicted sleep duration. Findings suggest resilience against sleep problems for children with ASD presenting with higher baseline RSA and higher RSA reactivity. Implications of these results center upon directly targeting psychophysiology (i.e., parasympathetic nervous system regulation) as a possible mechanism to improve sleep in children with ASD, and developing personalized interventions based on physiological markers of risk and resilience.
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spelling pubmed-98259642023-01-09 Parasympathetic functioning and sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder Schiltz, Hillary K. Fenning, Rachel M. Erath, Stephen A. Baker, Jason K. Autism Res PSYCHOLOGY Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), an index of parasympathetic nervous system activity, has been linked with sleep quality among children with neurotypical development. The current study extended examination of these processes to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a group at considerable risk for sleep problems. Participants included 54 children with ASD (aged 6–10 years, 43% Hispanic). RSA data were collected via a wired MindWare system during a 3‐min baseline and a 3‐min challenge task. Parents reported on their children's sleep problems and sleep duration using the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, Abbreviated. Although no significant correlations emerged between RSA indices and parent‐reported child sleep, baseline RSA and RSA reactivity interacted in the prediction of sleep problems. For children with higher RSA reactivity, higher baseline RSA was associated with fewer sleep problems, but for children with lower RSA reactivity, baseline RSA was not predictive. No main effects or interactions of RSA predicted sleep duration. Findings suggest resilience against sleep problems for children with ASD presenting with higher baseline RSA and higher RSA reactivity. Implications of these results center upon directly targeting psychophysiology (i.e., parasympathetic nervous system regulation) as a possible mechanism to improve sleep in children with ASD, and developing personalized interventions based on physiological markers of risk and resilience. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022-09-16 2022-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9825964/ /pubmed/36114684 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2816 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Autism Research published by International Society for Autism Research and Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Parasympathetic functioning and sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder
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title_full Parasympathetic functioning and sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder
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title_short Parasympathetic functioning and sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder
title_sort parasympathetic functioning and sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder
topic PSYCHOLOGY
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9825964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36114684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2816
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