The current study seeks to address this gap by examining the extent to which
sleep functioning mediates the effects by parental warmth on different measures of adolescent problem behaviors.
Not exact matches
The authors note that understanding the mechanisms that
mediate migratory sleeplessness may provide insights into the etiology of changes in
sleep and behavior in seasonal mood disorders, as well as into the
functions of
sleep itself.
More recent research describes adenosine as «a mediator with multisystemic effects», and it is produced by almost all cells, playing a role in heart
function,
sleep, bone health, activation of the immune system and
mediating the effect of various hormones.
A number of mechanisms may
mediate the association between short
sleep and overall or mental well - being, including fatigue or sleepiness during the day38 and the involvement of metabolic and endocrine
functions.39 The mechanisms linking long
sleep and physical well - being are less clear, possibilities are reverse causation, as longer
sleep may be an early symptom of undiagnosed disease, 10 or increased
sleep fragmentation.40, 41 However, associations were robust to adjustment for presence of a limiting long - term illness.
Based on tests for parallel
mediating effects by
sleep functioning of parental warmth on problem behaviors in the
MEDIATE macro in SPSS, the findings provided evidence that both
sleep quality and
sleep quantity independently and cumulatively
mediated the effects of parental warmth on each of the three problem behaviors in both samples, with one exception.