Main description:

Sleep problems of American children have become a matter of national concern, with recent estimates indicating that 13% to 27% of children have sleep problems as reported by their parents. Considering the profound impact that disrupted sleep can have on family functioning and processes, it is critical that researchers and clinicians understand how to identify sources and contexts related to sleep disruptions and their consequences.

Sleep and Development: Familial and Socio-Cultural Considerations is the first volume to integrate knowledge and approaches from numerous disciplines to focus on the sleep and development of children across adjustment and cognitive domains. Addressing the sleep patterns of children as well as those of other family members, sleep specialists from pediatrics, human development, family studies, and developmental and clinical psychology examine linkages between sleep and family processes,
cultural attitudes towards sleep, and normative sleep disturbances in children, such as resistance to bedtime, chronic deprivation, and inconsistent sleep schedules. Individual chapters offer discussion on topics such as sleep and attachment, the effects of trauma on children's sleep, the cultural ecology of
sleep, clinical assessment of sleep, and more. Highlighting research findings obtained within the last ten years, Sleep and Development synthesizes literature from disparate areas of inquiry in an effort to frame future investigations that will lead to a deeper and better integrated understanding of sleep and development. This comprehensive volume is a fundamental text for students, researchers, psychologists, and physicians interested in the study of sleep and sleep
problems.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction and Overview: Salient Issues in the Consideration of Sleep in Context
Mona El-Sheikh

Part I
Sleep: Familial Influences

Chapter 1: Sleep in Children: Links with Marital Conflict and Child Development
Mona El-Sheikh and Ryan J. Kelly

Chapter 2: The Parenting Context of Children's Sleep
Stephen A. Erath and Kelly M. Tu

Chapter 3: Sleep and Attachment
Peggy S. Keller

Chapter 4: Parental Psychopathology and Children's Sleep
Ronald Seifer

Chapter 5: Effects of Trauma on Children's Sleep
Carol Glod

Chapter 6: Impact of Child Sleep Disturbances on Parent Sleep and Daytime Functioning
Lisa J. Meltzer and Anna M. L. Westin

Chapter 7: Children's Sleep Deficits and Cognitive and Behavioral Adjustment
Angela D. Staples and John E. Bates

Part II
Sleep: Socio-Cultural Influences

Chapter 8: Developmental Cultural Ecology of Sleep
Carol Worthman

Chapter 9: Sleep Environments of Young Children in Post-Industrial Societies
Melissa M. Burnham and Erika E. Gaylor

Chapter 10: Children's Sleep in the context of Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Ethnicity
Les A. Gellis

Chapter 11: Children's Sleep, Cognition, and Academic Performance in the Context of Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity
Joseph A. Buckhalt and Lori E. Staton

Chapter 12: Young Adolescents: Struggles with Insufficient Sleep
Amy R. Wolfson and Melissa Richards

Part III
Assessment of Sleep, Family Functioning, and the Ecology of Economic Disadvantage

Chapter 13: The Ecology of Economic Disadvantage and Children's Sleep
Brian P. Ackerman and Eleanor D. Brown

Chapter 14: Assessment of Family Functioning
E. Mark Cummings, Kalsea J. Koss, and Kathleen N. Bergman

Chapter 15: Sleep Assessment Methods
Avi Sadeh

Part IV
Intervention for Sleep Problems

Chapter 16: Family Based Interventions for Sleep Problems of Infants and Children
Courtney Johnson and Jodi A. Mindell