Relationship between Children's Sleep and Mental Health in Mothers of Children with and without Autism

Autor/inn/en	Hodge, Danelle; Hoffman, Charles D.; Sweeney, Dwight P.; Riggs, Matt L.
Titel	Relationship between Children's Sleep and Mental Health in Mothers of Children with and without Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (2013) 4, S.956-963 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1639-0
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Autism; Mothers; Structural Equation Models; Correlation; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Gender Differences; Sleep; Stress Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Autismus; Mother; Mutter; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schlaf
Abstract	The study employed 90 children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) who were matched to 90 typically developing children on age, gender, and ethnicity. Using structural equation modeling, maternal sleep and maternal stress mediated the relationship between children's sleep and mothers' mental health for mothers of children with and without ASDs. Mothers of children with ASDs reported more problems related to children's sleep, their own sleep, greater stress, and poorer mental health; however, children's sleep and maternal sleep were more closely related to maternal stress for mothers of typically developing children. Implications of these findings and future directions for research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10