Sleep Problems, Daily Napping Behavior, and Social-Emotional Functioning among Young Children from Families Referred to Child Protective Services.

ABSTRACT:

Objective/background

Insufficient and/or poor-quality sleep may contribute to poor social-emotional well-being, and vice versa, among young children who have experienced maltreatment. This study examined longitudinal associations between sleep and social-emotional functioning among a sample of infants and toddlers from families involved with Child Protective Services (CPS) for maltreatment.

Participants

Participants were 123 parents and their infant or toddler (baseline age 10 to 24 months) from families referred to CPS for maltreatment.

Methods

Data were collected at baseline and at 3, 6 and 9 months post-baseline. At all time points, parents completed a questionnaire about their child's social-emotional functioning including internalizing behavior, externalizing beh

SUBMITTER: Hash JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6851456 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature