ABSTRACT This pilot study evaluated a brief sleep treatment for children presenting with emotional/behavioral disorders. Parents of children ages 6 to 11 years (n = 27) completed measures of emotional/behavioral symptoms at baseline, following sleep treatment, and after behavioral parent training for emotional/behavioral symptoms. Children wore actigraphs to objectively measure sleep, and parents completed weekly assessments of children’s symptoms. Emotional/behavioral symptoms improved from baseline to post-sleep treatment and continued to improve following treatment specifically for emotional/behavioral problems. Brief behavioral sleep interventions show promise for improving emotional/behavioral disorders. Future research is needed to evaluate sleep interventions in controlled trials.

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一项初步研究，研究短暂睡眠治疗对改善儿童情绪和行为功能的有效性

摘要这项初步研究评估了患有情绪/行为障碍的儿童的简短睡眠治疗。年龄为6至11岁（n = 27）的儿童的父母在基线，睡眠治疗以及行为父母对情绪/行为症状的训练后，完成了基线时情绪/行为症状的测量。孩子们戴着活动记录仪来客观地测量睡眠，父母每周完成对孩子症状的评估。从基线治疗到睡眠后，情绪/行为症状得到改善，尤其是针对情绪/行为问题的治疗后，情绪/行为症状持续改善。简短的行为睡眠干预措施有望改善情绪/行为障碍。需要进行进一步的研究以评估对照试验中的睡眠干预。