SLEEP PROBLEMS IN HANDICAPPED CHILDREN: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 27 (3) , 399-407
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1986.tb01841.x
Abstract
Abstract— Data are reported from an exploratory study looking at the prevalence of sleep problems (broken sleep and limited hours of sleep) in a population of handicapped children. Some degree of difficulty occurred in over a third of the population. There were strong associations with age, a range of serious daytime behavioural difficulties and indices of family stress. Some support for distinct subgroups (night waking, limited hours) was obtained. The implications of these findings are discussed.Keywords
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