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The Experiences of Sleep Disruption in Families of Technology‐dependent Children Living at Home
Author(s) -
Heaton Janet,
Noyes Jane,
Sloper Patricia,
Shah Robina
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1002/chi.881
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , theme (computing) , qualitative research , developmental psychology , psychology , gerontology , medicine , sociology , social science , computer science , operating system
This paper examines the sleep disruption experienced by 36 families of technology‐dependent children living at home in the United Kingdom. The paper begins with an overview of the qualitative study in which parents' experiences of sleep disruption emerged as a major theme. We then describe the nature of and reasons for the sleep disruption, the help families received with care overnight, and the effects of sleep disruption on parents in particular. This is followed by discussion of the implications of the findings for policy and practice as well as future research.