Sleep and Development: Familial and Socio-Cultural Considerations

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.

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 slee

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

El-Sheikh, Mona

ISBN:

978-0-19-539575-4

Specialty:

• Culture & Ethnicity
• Psychology

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

432

Publication Year:

2011

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