Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Hôpital en Santé Mentale Rivière-des-Prairies (CIUSSS-NIM), Montreal, Canada.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Nov 1;19(11):1933-1939. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10736.
Child sexual abuse is associated with negative consequences on both physical and mental health. It has been found to influence child and adolescent sleep, which is an important developmental factor, which also influences mental and physical health. However, the literature examining this topic is plagued by methodological limitations, such as small sample sizes and unvalidated measures.
Using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the present study examined 7 self-reported sleep dimensions, including sleep latency, efficiency, duration, disturbances, subjective sleep quality, daytime dysfunction, and use of sleep medication, in a sample of 707 adolescent girls aged 14-18 years old.
Statistical analyses revealed that child sexual abuse had a significant moderate association with the total PSQI score. Sexually abused adolescent girls, compared with their nonabused counterparts, reported more sleep difficulties. Significant differences also emerged on all sleep dimensions, with abused girls reporting increased difficulties. However, the magnitude of these associations differed from one dimension to another.
Our findings support the continued study of sleep in adolescent girls who experienced sexual abuse. They also support the use of a fine-grained perspective when assessing various dimensions of sleep health in girls with a history of child sexual abuse for improved tertiary prevention and intervention.
Langevin R, Pennestri M-H, Hershon M, Pirro T, Hébert M. The association between child sexual abuse and self-reported sleep in adolescent girls. . 2023;19(11):1933-1939.
儿童性虐待会对身心健康产生负面影响。研究发现，它会影响儿童和青少年的睡眠，而睡眠是一个重要的发育因素，也会影响心理健康和身体健康。然而，研究这一主题的文献存在方法学上的局限性，例如样本量小和未经验证的测量方法。
本研究使用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI），调查了 707 名 14-18 岁的少女样本的 7 个自我报告的睡眠维度，包括入睡潜伏期、睡眠效率、睡眠时间、睡眠障碍、主观睡眠质量、日间功能障碍和使用睡眠药物。
统计分析显示，儿童性虐待与 PSQI 总分有显著中度关联。与未受虐待的少女相比，遭受性虐待的少女报告了更多的睡眠困难。在所有睡眠维度上都出现了显著差异，受虐待的少女报告的睡眠困难程度增加。然而，这些关联的程度在不同维度上有所不同。
我们的研究结果支持继续研究遭受性虐待的青春期少女的睡眠问题。它们还支持在评估有儿童性虐待史的女孩的睡眠健康的各个维度时采用细粒度的视角，以实现更好的三级预防和干预。
Langevin R, Pennestri M-H, Hershon M, Pirro T, Hébert M. 儿童性虐待与少女自我报告睡眠之间的关联。 。2023;19(11):1933-1939.
