Adolescent Sleep Disturbance, Emotion Regulation and Borderline Features in an Inpatient Setting

Objective: The current study aimed to examine the relation between sleep disturbance, emotion dysregulation and borderline personality features in adolescent inpatients.Method: N = 217 adolescents (67.1% female; ages 12-17) with the following racial/ethnic breakdown: 67.4% White, 3.7% Hispanic, 2.8% Asian, 1.8% African American, and 6.4% multiracial) completed self-report measures of sleep disturbance, emotion dysregulation and borderline...