Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Visually detected non-rapid eye movement stage 2 sleep spindle density at age five years predicted prosocial behavior positively and hyperactivity scores negatively at age nine years
Authors: Mikoteit, Thorsten
Brand, Serge
Perren, Sonja
von Wyl, Agnes
von Klitzing, Kai
Kurath, Jennifer
Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith
Hatzinger, Martin
et. al: No
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.03.028
Published in: Sleep Medicine
Volume(Issue): 48
Page(s): 101
Pages to: 106
Issue Date: Aug-2018
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Elsevier
ISSN: 1389-9457
Language: English
Subjects: Sleep EEG; Sleep spindle density; Emotional/behavioral development; Prosocial behavior; Hyperactivity
Subject (DDC): 610: Medicine and health
Abstract: Objective: A higher density of sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) spindles has been cross-sectionally associated with more efficient cortical-subcortical connectivity, superior intellectual and learning abilities, and healthier emotional and behavioral traits. In the present study, we explored to what extent sleep spindle density (SSD) at age five years could predict emotional and behavioral traits at six and nine years. Methods: A total of 19 healthy preschoolers at age five years underwent in-home sleep EEG recordings for visual scoring of non-rapid eye movement stage 2 (NREM-S2) sleep spindles, and SSD in NREM-S2 was calculated. Parents and teachers rated children's emotional and behavioral characteristics at ages five, six, and nine years. Results: Higher SSD at five years predicted higher prosocial behavior scores at nine years, as rated by parents and teachers, and lower hyperactivity scores as rated by teachers. Multiple regression analyses showed that SSD predicted prosocial behavior and hyperactivity independently of earlier prosocial behavior or hyperactivity. Conclusion: The pattern of results suggests that a higher SSD at five years is predictive of higher scores for positive emotional and behavioral characteristics four years later. Therefore, spindle density indices might be acknowledged as an indicator not only of cognitive but also of emotional-behavioral development in children.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17605
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit: Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Mikoteit, T., Brand, S., Perren, S., von Wyl, A., von Klitzing, K., Kurath, J., Holsboer-Trachsler, E., & Hatzinger, M. (2018). Visually detected non-rapid eye movement stage 2 sleep spindle density at age five years predicted prosocial behavior positively and hyperactivity scores negatively at age nine years. Sleep Medicine, 48, 101–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.03.028
Mikoteit, T. et al. (2018) ‘Visually detected non-rapid eye movement stage 2 sleep spindle density at age five years predicted prosocial behavior positively and hyperactivity scores negatively at age nine years’, Sleep Medicine, 48, pp. 101–106. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.03.028.
T. Mikoteit et al., “Visually detected non-rapid eye movement stage 2 sleep spindle density at age five years predicted prosocial behavior positively and hyperactivity scores negatively at age nine years,” Sleep Medicine, vol. 48, pp. 101–106, Aug. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.03.028.
MIKOTEIT, Thorsten, Serge BRAND, Sonja PERREN, Agnes VON WYL, Kai VON KLITZING, Jennifer KURATH, Edith HOLSBOER-TRACHSLER und Martin HATZINGER, 2018. Visually detected non-rapid eye movement stage 2 sleep spindle density at age five years predicted prosocial behavior positively and hyperactivity scores negatively at age nine years. Sleep Medicine. August 2018. Bd. 48, S. 101–106. DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.03.028
Mikoteit, Thorsten, Serge Brand, Sonja Perren, Agnes von Wyl, Kai von Klitzing, Jennifer Kurath, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler, and Martin Hatzinger. 2018. “Visually Detected Non-Rapid Eye Movement Stage 2 Sleep Spindle Density at Age Five Years Predicted Prosocial Behavior Positively and Hyperactivity Scores Negatively at Age Nine Years.” Sleep Medicine 48 (August): 101–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.03.028.
Mikoteit, Thorsten, et al. “Visually Detected Non-Rapid Eye Movement Stage 2 Sleep Spindle Density at Age Five Years Predicted Prosocial Behavior Positively and Hyperactivity Scores Negatively at Age Nine Years.” Sleep Medicine, vol. 48, Aug. 2018, pp. 101–6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.03.028.


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