Sleep Problems among Taiwanese Children with Autism, Their Siblings and Typically Developing Children

Autor/inn/en	Chou, Miao-Chun; Chou, Wen-Jiun; Chiang, Huey-Ling; Wu, Yu-Yu; Lee, Ju-Chin; Wong, Ching-Ching; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen
Titel	Sleep Problems among Taiwanese Children with Autism, Their Siblings and Typically Developing Children
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6 (2012) 2, S.665-672 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2011.09.010
Schlagwörter	Siblings; Autism; Parenting Styles; Sleep; Child Rearing; Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Comparative Analysis; Children; Early Adolescents; Interviews; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Mothers; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Autismus; Schlaf; Kindererziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Fragebogen; Mother; Mutter
Abstract	The current study compared the sleep schedules, sleep problems among children with autism, their siblings and typically developing children, and to explore other associated factors with sleep problems. We conducted a case-control study consisting 110 children with autistic disorder, 125 unaffected siblings, and 110 age-, sex-, and parental education-matched typically developing children, aged 4-13 years old. We conducted psychiatric interviews to obtain DSM-IV diagnosis of autistic disorder and confirmed by the Chinese Version of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised. The mothers were asked to report on the self-administered questionnaires regarding sleep schedules and problems of their children and parenting styles. Our results showed that children with autism had more sleep problems, including early insomnia, middle insomnia, sleep-wake schedule disorders and daytime napping. Their unaffected siblings also had more risk of early insomnia, sleep-talking and nightmares, compared to the typically developing children in non-autistic family. We also found an association between bring-up experience and nightmare, and between maternal overprotection and middle insomnia and sleep-wake schedule disorder. The findings of increased risks for sleep problems in both children with autism and their unaffected sibling suggest that parenting counseling should be included in intervention of sleep problems in children with autism and their siblings. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10