Sleep Problems of Parents of Typically Developing Children and Parents of Children With Autism

Few researchers have investigated the relation of children's sleep problems to their parents' sleep problems. Children with autism have been reported to evidence greater sleep problems than do typically developing children (C. D. Hoffman, D. P. Sweeney, J. E. Gilliam, & M. C. Lopez-Wag...

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Published in:The Journal of genetic psychology 2008-09, Vol.169 (3), p.245-260
Main Authors: Lopez-Wagner, Muriel C., Hoffman, Charles D., Sweeney, Dwight P., Hodge, Danelle, Gilliam, James E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement Need
Adolescent
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Behavior
Child clinical studies
Child, Preschool
Children
Developmental disorders
Family Health
Female
Humans
Infantile autism
Insomnia
Male
Medical sciences
Parent Child Relationship
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Preschool Children
Problems
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sleep
Sleep disorders
sleep problems
Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology
Sleep Wake Disorders - psychology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Studies
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Few researchers have investigated the relation of children's sleep problems to their parents' sleep problems. Children with autism have been reported to evidence greater sleep problems than do typically developing children (C. D. Hoffman, D. P. Sweeney, J. E. Gilliam, & M. C. Lopez-Wagner, 2006; P. G. William, L. L. Sears, & A. Allard, 2004). In the present study, parents (N = 106) of children independently diagnosed with autism (4-16 years of age; M = 8.20 years, SD = 2.69 years) reported greater sleep problems for themselves than did parents (N = 168) of typically developing children (4-15 years of age; M = 8.62 years, SD = 3.28 years). Children's sleep problems were related to parents' sleep problems for both groups; in the autism group, children's level of symptomatology was not related to their parents' sleep. The authors suggest areas for further research on the sleep problems of children and their parents, the potential interaction of these problems with children's symptomatic behavior, and the relations of these factors to child, parent, and family functioning.
ISSN:0022-1325
1940-0896
DOI:10.3200/GNTP.169.3.245-260