Sleep disorders in children.

Mindell, Jodi A.

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.12.2.151

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“…Nevertheless, at age 13 years, sleepwalking was still persisting in 24.1% of sleepwalkers (3.3% of the total sample). Sleepwalking and night terrors were originally reported to be more frequent in boys than in girls 20,42,43 ; however, these studies were based on clinical impressions rather than on epidemiologic data. No significant gender differences were seen for either sleepwalking or night terrors in the present study, as also found in numerous previous studies.…”

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Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence

Laberge

Tremblay²,

Vitaro³

et al. 2000

Pediatrics

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ABSTRACT.Objectives. This study examines the prevalence and developmental changes of parasomnias and assesses gender differences, relationships between parasomnias, and associations with anxiety and family adversity using data collected during the course of a longitudinal study of a representative sample of children from Québec.Method. The present analyses are based on results available for 664 boys and 689 girls for whom mothers have completed questions concerning demographics, parasomnias, and anxiety level. For the prevalence and developmental aspects of parasomnias, prospective data were collected at annual intervals from 11 to 13 years old and retrospective data for the period between ages 3 and 10 years were collected when the children were 10 years old.Results. Somniloquy, leg restlessness, and sleep bruxism are the most frequent parasomnias. More girls were afflicted with leg restlessness, while enuresis and somniloquy were more common in boys. High anxiety scores were found in children suffering from night terrors, somniloquy, leg restlessness, sleep bruxism, and body rocking. Parasomnias were unrelated to the index of family adversity.Conclusions. Although sleepwalking, night terrors, enuresis, and body rocking dramatically decreased during childhood, somniloquy, leg restlessness, and sleep bruxism were still highly prevalent at age 13 years, paralleling results found in adults. Sleepwalking, night terrors, and somniloquy are conditions often found together. The only robust gender difference was for enuresis. High anxiety scores in parasomnias are reported for the first time in a large, controlled study. Sociodemographic variables do not seem to play a major role in the occurrence of parasomnias. Pediatrics 2000; 106:67-74; sleep disorders, parasomnias, epidemiology, gender differences, anxiety, childhood, adolescence.

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Section: Sleepwalkingmentioning

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Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence

Laberge

Tremblay²,

Vitaro³

et al. 2000

Pediatrics

369

175

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“…For instance, the Diagnostic Classification Steering Committee's (1990) diagnostic system includes, in its category of dyssomnias, sleep problems that appear to be genuine diseases of childhood, such as narcolepsy, and behavioral problems such as "limit-setting sleep disorder." Finally, reviews that adhere in some degree to these classification systems (e.g., Doleys, Weiler, & Pegram, 1982;Dollinger, 1977;Mindell, 1993) France, 1989;Sanders, Bor, & Dadds, 1984). A child who has never settled into appropriate sleep patterns has primary ISD.…”

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A Behavioral Model of Infant Sleep Disturbance

Blampied

1993

J of App Behav Analysis

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Chronic sleep disturbance, such as bed refusal, sleep-onset delay, and night waking with crying, affects 15% to 35% of preschool children. Biological factors, particularly arousals associated with recurrent episodes of rapid-eye-movement sleep, render infants vulnerable to repeated awakenings. Parental failure to establish appropriate stimulus control of sleep-related behaviors and parentmediated contingencies of reinforcement for sleep-incompatible behaviors may shape and maintain infant sleep disturbance. Treatment and prevention strategies are discussed, and research needs are identified.

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“…Kahn et al (1989) reported that 43% of school-age children experienced persistent sleep problems, with 14% specifically experiencing persistent trouble sleeping. Sleep problems are also moderately stable in childhood (Gregory & O'Connor, 2002;Mindell, 1993). Kataria, Swanson, and Trevathan (1987) reported that the large majority of children in their sample with sleep problems continued to have sleep problems at follow-up 3 years later.…”

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Temperamental resistance to control increases the association between sleep problems and externalizing behavior development.

Goodnight¹,

Bates²,

Staples³

et al. 2007

Journal of Family Psychology

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This study examined the moderating effects of temperamental resistance to control on the link between development of sleep problems and development of externalizing behaviors over a 5-year period. Resistance to control was assessed with mothers' retrospective reports of temperament in infancy, provided when children were 5 years of age. Sleep problems were assessed with mother reports on an annual basis from age 5 to age 9. Externalizing behaviors were assessed with teacher reports on an annual basis from age 5 to age 9. A cross-domain latent growth curve model indicated that sleep problem trajectories were positively associated with externalizing behavior trajectories only for children high in resistance to control. In addition, resistance to control was positively associated with initial (age 5) sleep problems and initial (age 5) externalizing behaviors. The authors speculate that the development of sleep problems promotes the development of behavior problems for resistant children, whose self-regulatory abilities are especially tenuous. Implications for prevention and treatment of conduct problems are considered.Keywords sleep problems; externalizing behavior; temperament; self-regulation; childhood Sleep problems and daytime sleepiness are common in childhood. Kahn et al. (1989) reported that 43% of school-age children experienced persistent sleep problems, with 14% specifically experiencing persistent trouble sleeping. Sleep problems are also moderately stable in childhood (Gregory & O'Connor, 2002;Mindell, 1993). Kataria, Swanson, and Trevathan (1987) reported that the large majority of children in their sample with sleep problems continued to have sleep problems at follow-up 3 years later. Although many parents overlook sleep problems or underestimate the importance of good sleep habits for their children's wellCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jackson A. Goodnight (National Sleep Foundation, 2004;Stein, Mendelsohn, Obermeyer, Amromin, & Benca, 2001), children's sleep may be an important link between aspects of family functioning and children's adjustment (El-Sheikh, Buckhalt, Mize, & Acebo, 2006).Various methods have revealed links between sleep and externalizing problems. Using sleep problem items from the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach, 1991a), Gregory and O'Connor (2002) found that sleep problems (e.g., sleeps less than other children, is tired during the day, nightmares) at age 4 predicted parent-reported aggression and attention problems in mid-adolescence. However, the reverse was not true. Sleep problems led to the development of externalizing behaviors, but externalizing behaviors did not lead to sleep problems. Using a sleep questionnaire rather than the CBCL to assess sleep problems, Gregory, Eley, O 'Connor, and Plomin (2004) found modest predictive associations between age 3 to 4 sleep problems and age 7 mother-reported conduct problems, controlling for age 3 to 4 conduct problems. In a cross-sectional study, Lavigne et al. (1999) found that s...

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Sleep disorders in children.

Cited by 131 publications

References 96 publications

Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence

Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence

A Behavioral Model of Infant Sleep Disturbance

Temperamental resistance to control increases the association between sleep problems and externalizing behavior development.

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