ArticleJournal of pediatric psychology2020
Sleep Problems and Posttraumatic Stress: Children Exposed to a Natural Disaster.
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- A Systematic Review of the Impact of Wildfires on Sleep Disturbances.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Sleepless in Society: Introducing the Concept of Public Sleep.Clocks & sleep · 2026Article
- Exploring psychological preparedness for volcanic hazards in early childhood education: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach in Ternate Island.Jamba (Potchefstroom, South Africa) · 2026Article
- Network Structure of Post-Traumatic Stress and Social/Emotional/Behavioral Difficulties in a Post-Earthquake Child and Adolescent Sample.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- The future of paediatric sleep medicine: a blueprint for advancing the field.Journal of sleep research · 2025Review
- Earthquake anxiety and sleep quality among adolescent survivors 9-12 months after the great earthquakes in Türkiye: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- 'School-based screen-and-treat': An effective blueprint for expediating access to care in children experiencing PTSD following disasters.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Children's Sleep and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- Climate change and extreme weather disasters: evacuation stress is associated with youths' somatic complaints.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Trauma and US Minority Children and Youth.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- What Factors Are Most Closely Associated With Mood Disorders in Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-Sectional Study Based on 1,771 Adolescents in Shandong Province, China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Child Mental Health and Sleep Disturbances During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.Family & community healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveSleep plays a critical role in children's growth and development. This study examined the frequency and persistence of children's sleep problems following a natural disaster, risk factors for children's sleep problems, and the bidirectional relationship between children's sleep problems and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) over time.
methodsThis study assessed 269 children (53% female, M = 8.70 years, SD = 0.95) exposed to Hurricane Ike at 8 months (Time 1) and 15 months (Time 2) post-disaster. Children completed measures of hurricane exposure and related stressors, stressful life events, sleep problems, and PTSS.
resultsChildren's sleep problems were significantly correlated from Time 1 to Time 2 (r = .28, p < .001). Risk factors for sleep problems at Time 2 were younger age, sleep problems at Time 1, and PTSS, not including sleep items, at Time 1. Examinations of the bidirectional relationship between sleep problems and PTSS indicated that PTSS significantly predicted later sleep problems, but sleep problems did not significantly predict later PTSS.
conclusionsFindings demonstrate that PTSS may contribute to the development and course of children's sleep problems post-disaster.
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