Children's sleep needs: is there sufficient evidence to recommend optimal sleep for children?

L Matricciani, S Blunden, G Rigney, MT Williams… - Sleep, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract It is widely recognized that sleep is important for children's health and well-being
and that short sleep duration is associated with a wide range of negative health outcomes …

Future research directions in sleep and ADHD: report of a consensus working group

J Owens, R Gruber, T Brown… - Journal of attention …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To explore relationships between basic and translational science research
regarding sleep and ADHD in children. Method: A multidisciplinary group of experts in …

The impact of sleep on adolescent depressed mood, alertness and academic performance

MA Short, M Gradisar, LC Lack, HR Wright - Journal of adolescence, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study developed and tested a theoretical model examining the inter-
relationships among sleep duration, sleep quality, and circadian chronotype and their effect …

Manipulating sleep duration alters emotional functioning and cognitive performance in children

JL Vriend, FD Davidson, PV Corkum… - Journal of pediatric …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective To examine the impact of sleep duration on emotional functioning and cognitive
performance in children. Methods 32 children (8–12 years) wore actigraphs for 3 weeks …

Behavioral sleep problems and their potential impact on developing executive function in children

K Turnbull, GJ Reid, JB Morton - Sleep, 2013 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Bedtime resistance and night waking are common sleep problems throughout
childhood, especially in the early years. These sleep problems may lead to difficulties in …

Sleep and cognition in preschool years: Specific links to executive functioning

A Bernier, MH Beauchamp… - Child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the prospective links between sleep in infancy and preschoolers'
cognitive performance. Mothers of 65 infants completed a sleep diary when infants were …

Psychometric properties of the A dolescent S leep H ygiene S cale

A Storfer‐Isser, MK Lebourgeois, J Harsh… - Journal of sleep …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the A dolescent S leep H ygiene S cale
(ASHS), a self‐report measure assessing sleep practices theoretically important for optimal …

The Children's Report of Sleep Patterns (CRSP): a self-report measure of sleep for school-aged children

LJ Meltzer, KT Avis, S Biggs, AC Reynolds… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives:(1) Present preliminary psychometrics for the Children's Report of Sleep
Patterns (CRSP), a three-module measure of Sleep Patterns, Sleep Hygiene, and Sleep …

A cross-cultural comparison of sleep duration between US and Australian adolescents: the effect of school start time, parent-set bedtimes, and extracurricular load

MA Short, M Gradisar, LC Lack… - Health Education & …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Objective. To test whether sleep duration on school nights differs between
adolescents in Australia and the United States and, if so, whether this difference is explained …

Social ties and adolescent sleep disruption

DJ Maume - Journal of health and social behavior, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Teens tend go to bed later, get less sleep, and report more daytime sleepiness. Medical
research emphasizes biological determinants of teens' disrupted sleep (ie, the timing of …