The lack of sleep is directly related to the risk of self-harm. This conclusion was researchers from Warvik and Birmingham Universities. The work was published in the magazine "Child Psychology and Psychiatry" (JCP).
Scientists have analyzed more than 10,000 teenagers of the British Millennium Cohort project. The participants were asked at the age of 14. They were asked how much they slept on school days, how long it took to sleep and how often they woke up at night. Teenagers also answered whether they were injured. The same questions were asked again three years later, when the participants became 17 years old.
The results showed that the little you want to sleep, and the longer they slept, and how often they wake up at the age of 14, the greater the probability of self-harm or three years later. Moreover, the connection has been maintained even after taking into account such factors such as gender, socio-economic status, self-esteem, depression, and former self-harm.
"This is an unfavorable connection, but the good news is that sleep is a factor that can be affected. If it turns out that sleep problems are really related to self-harm, then through the right interventions in schools and families. "
Researchers tried to explain the connection through bad decisions, who slept less, but this version has not been confirmed. The mechanism remains incomprehensible, but the authors emphasize that since adolescence is an important period of prevention, paying attention to healthy sleep can have a long-term protective effect.
Translation of: Euromedia24.com
