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Study: Inadequate Nighttime Sleep Can Alter Children’s Emotional Health
sleep alters several aspects of their emotional health — and in some surprising ways.Study leader Dr. Candice Alfano, University of Houston professor of psychology and director of the Sleep and Anxiety Center of Houston, and her team studied 53 children ages 7-11 over more than a week.The children completed an in-lab emotional assessment twice, once after a night of healthy sleep and again after two nights where their sleep was restricted by several hours.“After sleep restriction, we observed changes in the way children experience, regulate and express their emotions,” Alfano said.
