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II. MOVING SLEEP AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FORWARD: PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SRCD‐SPONSORED FORUM ON SLEEP AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
ElSheikh Mona,
Buckhalt Joseph A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
monographs of the society for research in child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1540-5834
pISSN - 0037-976X
DOI - 10.1111/mono.12142
Subject(s) - pace , psychology , sleep (system call) , sociocultural evolution , public health , child development , developmental psychology , sociology , medicine , geodesy , nursing , computer science , anthropology , geography , operating system
Prevalent in typically developing children, insufficient or poor‐quality sleep are matters of public health concern. Programmatic studies of the predictors and sequelae of sleep are increasing rapidly and yielding novel research paradigms that explicate connections between sleep, family processes, and child development within the sociocultural milieu. In an SRCD‐sponsored Forum, established researchers and junior scholars from disparate areas of inquiry (e.g., Pediatrics; Public Health; Psychology; Anthropology) convened. An overarching goal of the Forum was to promote dialogue and collaborations, identify pivotal areas in the study of typically developing children's sleep, and integrate knowledge of sleep and child development across disciplines toward making conceptual advances about the ways that sleep and waking behaviors are intertwined. In addition to conceptual advances, a second goal focused on the need for methodological advances, including contemporary approaches and tools in the measures and analyses of sleep to help accelerate the pace and enhance the quality of research in this interdisciplinary field.