A pilot study examining the effectiveness of brief sleep treatment to improve children’s emotional and behavioral functioning

Katherine M. Kidwell; J. Christopher McGinnis; Anhthony V. Nguyen; Steven J. Arcidiacono; Timothy D. Nelson

doi:10.1080/02739615.2018.1540306

A pilot study examining the effectiveness of brief sleep treatment to improve children’s emotional and behavioral functioning

Katherine M. Kidwell, J. Christopher McGinnis, Anhthony V. Nguyen, Steven J. Arcidiacono, Timothy D. Nelson

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This pilot study evaluated a brief sleep treatment for children presenting with emotional/behavioral disorders. Parents of children ages 6 to 11 years (n = 27) completed measures of emotional/behavioral symptoms at baseline, following sleep treatment, and after behavioral parent training for emotional/behavioral symptoms. Children wore actigraphs to objectively measure sleep, and parents completed weekly assessments of children’s symptoms. Emotional/behavioral symptoms improved from baseline to post-sleep treatment and continued to improve following treatment specifically for emotional/behavioral problems. Brief behavioral sleep interventions show promise for improving emotional/behavioral disorders. Future research is needed to evaluate sleep interventions in controlled trials.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	314-331
Number of pages	18
Journal	Children's Health Care
Volume	48
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02739615.2018.1540306
State	Published - Jul 3 2019

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Clinical Psychology

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