ReviewJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings2021
The Impact of Anxiety on Behavioral Sleep Difficulties and Treatment in Young Children: A Review of the Literature.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- A 25-Year Review of Nighttime Fears in Children: Past, Present, and Future.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2021Pooled it
- Treating preschooler behavioural sleep problems via parent-mediated telehealth: A randomized controlled trial.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Parent Perspectives on the Lights Out Online Program and Implications for Improvement.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Fears and Worries at Nighttime in Young Children: Development and Psychometric Validation of a Parent-Report Measure (FAWN-YC).Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- The Interplay Between Use of Biological Therapies, Psychological State, and the Microbiome in IBD.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Interdisciplinarity and Integration: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Psychopathology in Medical Settings.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2021Article
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Abstract
Sleep difficulties are a common pediatric complaint, and the majority of these sleep difficulties are behavioral in nature (e.g., difficulties initiating or maintaining sleep). Although research supports behavioral interventions to improve sleep in young children with behavioral sleep difficulties, anxiety and child distress are common in this age range and these factors can impact treatment outcomes directly (e.g., increased distress and resistance at bedtime) and indirectly (e.g., poor parental compliance with behavioral strategies). Anxiety is an important aspect of treatment in adolescents and adults with behavioral sleep difficulties, but this factor is rarely considered in the literature for younger children. Thus, this manuscript reviews the literature on anxiety as it relates to behavioral sleep difficulties in young children (i.e., the preschool and surrounding age range), provides an overview of empirically supported behavioral intervention and research incorporating anxiety into behavioral sleep treatments, and provides recommendations and future directions for continuing to advance the literature and treatment in this area.
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