Centre for Contextual Behavioural Science, School of Psychology, University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ, UK.
Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Oct;50(10):3575-3584. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04405-7.
Short sleep duration is a known risk factor for suicidality in the general population, yet it is unclear how short sleep interacts with autism traits in predicting suicidality. In this cross-sectional online study, a general population sample (N = 650) completed measures assessing autism traits, suicidal ideation, and sleep duration. Moderated hierarchical regressions demonstrated that higher autism traits and shorter sleep were independent predictors of increased suicide ideation. However, sleep duration did not significantly moderate the autism trait to suicide ideation relationship. Future work should explore this relationship longitudinally using objective measures before considering intervention work to increase sleep duration in those with elevated autism traits.
睡眠时间短是一般人群自杀风险的已知因素，但目前尚不清楚短睡眠如何与自闭症特征相互作用来预测自杀倾向。在这项横断面在线研究中，一个一般人群样本（N=650）完成了评估自闭症特征、自杀意念和睡眠时间的测量。调节层次回归表明，较高的自闭症特征和较短的睡眠时间是自杀意念增加的独立预测因素。然而，睡眠时间并没有显著调节自闭症特征与自杀意念的关系。未来的工作应该使用客观测量来纵向探索这种关系，然后再考虑通过增加自闭症特征人群的睡眠时间来进行干预。
