Impact of sleep restriction on affective functioning in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Sleep restriction to 6.5 hours in bed caused significantly greater depressive symptoms in adolescents with ADHD compared to sleep extension (9.5 hours in bed), with a large effect on parent-reported d

Effect: decline; d = 0.84

Sleep restriction to 6.5 hours in bed caused significantly lower positive affect in adolescents with ADHD compared to sleep extension, with a large effect on parent-report (d = 0.82) and confirmed on

Effect: decline; d = 0.82

Sleep restriction caused significantly greater parent-reported negative affect in adolescents with ADHD compared to sleep extension, with a small-to-medium effect (d = 0.44 weekly; eta_p2 = .129 daily

Effect: decline; d = 0.44

Sleep restriction caused significantly poorer parent-reported emotion regulation in adolescents with ADHD compared to sleep extension (d = 0.56), but did not significantly affect adolescent self-repor

Effect: decline; d = 0.56

Sleep restriction did not significantly affect parent- or adolescent-reported anxiety symptoms in adolescents with ADHD, distinguishing sleep restriction's impact on depression from its lack of impact

Effect: null