11 results on '"Kater, Maren-Jo"'
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2. Personal and social resources in the context of adolescent sleep.
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Werner, Anika, Kater, Maren-Jo, Kerkhoff, Denny, Schlarb, Angelika Anita, and Lohaus, Arnold
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FAMILIES & psychology , *PEARSON correlation (Statistics) , *STATISTICAL power analysis , *SELF-efficacy , *OPTIMISM , *DATA analysis , *RESEARCH funding , *SCHOOLS , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHI-squared test , *SLEEP duration , *ODDS ratio , *STATISTICS , *DATA analysis software , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *SLEEP disorders , *SELF-perception , *DISEASE complications , *ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
The existing literature has focused little on the health-promoting role of resources for sleep. Mainly risk factors have been highlighted regarding mental health in general. Moreover, for the vulnerable age group of adolescents, resources and their relation to sleep have hardly been explored. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the predictive role of personal/social resources for the likelihood of having chronic sleep problems in adolescents. A sample of n = 131 adolescents (M = 14.31 years, SD = 1.84) completed the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and the Questionnaire to Assess Resources for Children and Adolescents at two measurement points about 8 months apart. Binomial logistic regressions controlling for age and sex revealed that higher levels of personal and social resources were associated with a lower likelihood of having chronic sleep problems. Especially optimism and school integration were associated with not experiencing chronic sleep problems. For the first time, this study highlighted multiple resources and their health-promoting role in adolescent sleep. Both personal and social resources seem to be relevant for preventing adolescents from chronic sleep problems. Prevention and intervention programs for sleep disorders in teenagers should especially promote optimism and school integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Sleep apps for children—a critical view
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Schlarb, Angelika A., Kater, Maren-Jo, Werner, Anika, Hertel, Daniela, Lollies, Friederike, Landwehr, Janna, and Kolip, Petra
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- 2021
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4. Modern strategies for settling infants to sleep: A comparison between sleep-disturbed and non-sleep-disturbed infants
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Schlarb, Angelika A., Seiler, Denise, Werner, Anika, and Kater, Maren-Jo
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- 2020
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5. Personal and social resources in the context of adolescent sleep
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Werner, Anika, Kater, Maren-Jo, Kerkhoff, Denny, Schlarb, Angelika, and Lohaus, Arnold
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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,General Chemistry ,Applied Psychology - Abstract
Objective The existing literature has focused little on the health-promoting role of resources for sleep. Mainly risk factors have been highlighted regarding mental health in general. Moreover, for the vulnerable age group of adolescents, resources and their relation to sleep have hardly been explored. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the predictive role of personal/social resources for the likelihood of having chronic sleep problems in adolescents. Methods and measures A sample of n = 131 adolescents (M = 14.31 years, SD = 1.84) completed the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and the Questionnaire to Assess Resources for Children and Adolescents at two measurement points about 8 months apart. Results Binomial logistic regressions controlling for age and sex revealed that higher levels of personal and social resources were associated with a lower likelihood of having chronic sleep problems. Especially optimism and school integration were associated with not experiencing chronic sleep problems. Conclusion For the first time, this study highlighted multiple resources and their health-promoting role in adolescent sleep. Both personal and social resources seem to be relevant for preventing adolescents from chronic sleep problems. Prevention and intervention programs for sleep disorders in teenagers should especially promote optimism and school integration.
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- 2022
6. Stress reactivity in salivary cortisol and electrocardiogram in adolescents: Investigating sleep disturbances and insomnia.
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Kater, Maren‐Jo, Werner, Anika, Schlarb, Angelika A., and Lohaus, Arnold
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HEART beat , *SLEEP interruptions , *INSOMNIA , *HYDROCORTISONE , *AUTONOMIC nervous system , *TEENAGERS , *GENDER differences (Sociology) - Abstract
Summary: This study examined the role of sleep disturbances and insomnia in the context of stress reactivity in adolescence. One‐hundred and thirty‐five 11–18 year olds (Mage = 14.2 years, SD = 1.9, 52% female) completed the Trier Social Stress Test for Children. Salivary cortisol and subjective stress ratings were collected at six time points, and heart rate as well as heart rate variability were measured pre‐, during and post‐stress induction. Additionally, sleep disturbances and insomnia diagnosis were assessed by a self‐report questionnaire and a sleep interview. Robust mixed models investigated if adolescents with compared with adolescents without (a) sleep disturbances and (b) insomnia differ regarding cortisol, heart rate, heart rate variability and psychological stress reactivity considering gender effects. The results indicated that boys with high sleep disturbances showed higher cortisol activity compared with boys with low sleep disturbances, B = 0.88, p < 0.05. Moreover, in boys with insomnia, heart rate and alpha 1 significantly differ less than in boys without insomnia. These findings support the notion of sex differences regarding the association between poor sleep and increased activity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, and a less adaptable autonomic nervous system in boys in response to an experimental social stress task. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. Relationship of sleep quality, stress, depression, and anxiety in ongoing times of COVID-19 in adults
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Kater, Maren-Jo, Werner, Anika, Lohaus, Arnold, Schlarb, Angelika, Lotzin, Anett, Djelantik, A.A.A. Manik J., Eidhof, Marloes B., de Haan, Anke, Kiralj, Jana, and ARRAY(0xaf1aad0)
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- 2021
8. The role of HPA activity and sleep disturbances for mental health in adolescence
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Kater, Maren-Jo, Werner, Anika, Lohaus, Arnold, and Schlarb, Angelika
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Introduction: Adolescence is characterized as a time of increased stress experiences and sleep disorders. Previous studies showed that both difficulties are linked to mental health. However, these findings are mostly based on subjective methods. Therefore, in this study, we investigate if the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA) level and sleep disturbances are associated with mental health problems. Method: 175 adolescents (M = 14.3 years, SD = 1.8, 55% female) participated in the Trier Social Stress Test, where the HPA activity was captured by the salivary cortisol level at six time points. The area under the curve with respect to the ground (AUC-g) was calculated, indicating the overall cortisol response during the experimental situ- ation. Additionally, the subjective stress level (Adolescent Stress Questionnaire), sleep disturbances (Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children), and psychological difficulties (DISYPS-III Screening) were assessed by questionnaires in the self-report. Two multiple hierarchical regressions tested if (a) the cortisol level and (b) the perceived stress level along with sleep disturbances predict mental health problems, while the models were adjusted for age and gender. Results: The results showed that both, the cortisol level as well as the subjective stress level, significantly predicted mental health problems. Sleep disturbances were also an independent significant predictor besides the stress components. Conclusion: Adolescents experiencing increased stress levels, indi- cated by a high HPA activity and subjective stress levels, are at higher risk for having mental health problems. High psychological stress levels and poor sleep are thereby independent risk factors. This emphasizes the need to address coping-skills, relaxation, and sleep improving cognitive and behavior techniques in interventions for mental health in this age group
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- 2021
9. Sleep and stress in times of the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of personal resources.
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Werner, Anika, Kater, Maren‐Jo, Schlarb, Angelika A., and Lohaus, Arnold
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COVID-19 pandemic , *TIME pressure , *SLEEP , *ADULTS , *STAY-at-home orders - Abstract
There is still little research on the association between COVID‐19‐related stress and insufficient sleep. As distress is assumed to be high in these times, the role of personal resources becomes more important. The current study aimed to investigate the predictive role of COVID‐19‐related stress, positive affect, and self‐care behavior for subjective sleep quality and sleep change measures since the outbreak of COVID‐19 in Germany. A sample of 991 adults (M = 34.11 years; SD = 12.99) answered questionnaires during the first lockdown period in Germany and afterward (between April 1 and June 5, 2020). A higher stress level predicted lower sleep quality and more negative changes in overall sleep and pre‐sleep arousal. Higher levels of positive affect and self‐care predicted higher sleep quality and more positive changes in sleep. Analyses showed a moderation of positive affect on the association between stress and change in pre‐sleep arousal. The improvement in personal resources, especially positive affect, in times of high stress seems relevant to overcome sleep problems. Future research should include objective measurements of sleep and longitudinal designs to uncover causal directions of effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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10. Neuronal Oscillations Indicate Sleep-dependent Changes in the Cortical Memory Trace.
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Köster, Moritz, Finger, Holger, Kater, Maren-Jo, Schenk, Christoph, and Gruber, Thomas
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EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology) ,MEMORY trace (Psychology) ,SLEEP & psychology ,NEURONS ,NEURAL circuitry - Abstract
Sleep promotes the consolidation of newly acquired associative memories. Here we used neuronal oscillations in the human EEG to investigate sleep-dependent changes in the cortical memory trace. The retrieval activity for object-color associations was assessed immediately after encoding and after 3 hr of sleep or wakefulness. Sleep had beneficial effects on memory performance and led to reduced event-related theta and gamma power during the retrieval of associative memories. Furthermore, eventrelated alpha suppression was attenuated in the wake group for memorized and novel stimuli. There were no sleep-dependent changes in retrieval activity for missed items or items retrieved without color. Thus, the sleep-dependent reduction in theta and gamma oscillations was specific for the retrieval of associative memories. In line with theoretical accounts on sleep-dependent memory consolidation, decreased theta may indicate reduced mediotemporal activity because of a transfer of information into neocortical networks during sleep, whereas reduced parietal gamma may reflect effects of synaptic downscaling. Changes in alpha suppression in the wake group possibly index reduced attentional resources that may also contribute to a lower memory performance in this group. These findings indicate that the consolidation of associative memories during sleep is associated with profound changes in the cortical memory trace and relies on multiple neuronal processes working in concert. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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11. Sleep Reactivity and Related Factors in Adolescence: An Increased Risk for Insomnia? A Longitudinal Assessment.
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Kater MJ, Werner A, Schlarb AA, and Lohaus A
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Purpose: The individual vulnerability for stress-related sleep difficulties (eg, sleep reactivity) is known as a predisposing factor of insomnia in adults, yet relatively little is known about sleep reactivity in adolescence. The study goal is to determine factors related to sleep reactivity and to investigate whether sleep reactivity and related factors predict current and new incidents of insomnia in adolescents., Patients and Methods: At baseline, 11-to-17-year-olds (N = 185, M
age = 14.3 years, SD = 1.8, 54% female) answered an age-appropriate version of the Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test, questionnaires about sleep, stress, psychological symptoms, and resources, filled out a sleep diary and used actigraphy. Insomnia diagnoses according to ISCD-3 criteria were assessed at baseline, after 9 months and after one and a half years., Results: Adolescents with high compared to low sleep reactivity had increased pre-sleep arousal, negative sleep-related cognitions, pre-sleep mobile phone use, stress experience, stress vulnerability, internalizing and externalizing symptoms, less social resources, and a later midpoint of bedtime. High sleep reactivity increased the likelihood for currently having insomnia, but not for the development of insomnia at subsequent assessments., Conclusion: The findings suggest that high sleep reactivity is related to poor sleep health and mental health but cast doubt on sleep reactivity as a pivotal predisposing factor for the development of insomnia in adolescence., Competing Interests: Ms Maren-Jo Kater reports grants from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), publication funding from Open Access Publication Fund of Bielefeld University, before and after the conduction of the study. Dr Arnold Lohaus reports grants from German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), before the conduct of the study. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work., (© 2023 Kater et al.)- Published
- 2023
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