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Area of Science:

  • Child Development
  • Sleep Science
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • The study of sleep and child development is rapidly expanding across disciplines.
  • There is a need for guiding conceptual principles and standardized methodological tools in this field.
  • A multidisciplinary forum highlighted key issues and research priorities in sleep and development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize discussions from a multidisciplinary forum on sleep and development.
  • To present state-of-the-science sleep assessment methodologies for child development researchers.
  • To provide empirical examples of the relationship between sleep and individual/familial factors in child development.

Main Methods:

  • A developmental ecological systems perspective was adapted to study child sleep and development.
  • Seven empirical studies examined typically developing infants and children.
  • Actigraphy-based assessments were utilized to measure sleep duration and quality.

Main Results:

  • Linkages between sleep parameters (e.g., quality, sleeping arrangements) and developmental domains (e.g., attachment, parenting) were illustrated.
  • Longitudinal relations between sleep and development were demonstrated, addressing a gap in the literature.
  • Actigraphy provided a more nuanced understanding of sleep duration and quality in relation to development.

Conclusions:

  • This volume significantly advances the literature on sleep and child development.
  • It emphasizes the importance of considering multiple levels of influence on child sleep.
  • The findings underscore the utility of advanced sleep assessment methods for future research.