Thome M. Skuladottir A.

Institution Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; marga@hi.is.

Title Changes in sleep problems, parents distress and impact of sleep problems from infancy to preschool age for referred and unreferred children.

Source Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 2005 Jun; 19(2): 86-94. (42 ref)

Abbreviated Source SCAND J CARING SCI. 2005 Jun; 19(2): 86-94. (42 ref)

Abstract This article compares and describes changes in sleep problems in 3- to 5-year-old Icelandic children referred and unreferred for sleep problems in infancy and explores changes in parents' distress and the impact of children's sleep problems on families over time. The sample consisted of a clinical group (n = 31) that had been referred to a sleep-disorder clinic in infancy, and a comparative group (n = 150) of age-matched unreferred community children. Self-report scales assessed infant/child sleep pattern, the impact of the sleep problem on family life and parents' distress. Results showed that about half the children in the community group have had a sleep problem in infancy. Nightwakings improved in both the referred and unreferred group over time but remained more frequent in the unreferred group. The referred group had significantly more settling problems in infancy than the other group but settling improved markedly over time. Parents of referred children were more fatigued compared with others despite improvement of children's sleep problems over time. Mothers of referred children were however, less likely to perceive the sleep problem as troublesome for family life than the others. It is concluded that parents of referred children are more fatigued than parents of unreferred children and nightwakings are more likely to persist in children who had sleep problems in infancy than in those with no such problems

 

Personally if your prof doesnt allow you to use journal articles he is just plain dumb. As an PhD student, all we use are journal articles, they are the most up to date source you can find. Books take time to publish and print, journal articles, are faster. I have more journal articles on my desk than books. Just my opinion. But to answer your question, congnitive psycology books cover this topic

 

Thanks a lot everyone!

I'll try to pull these tomorrow.