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2-189 - Sleep in Low-SES Children: Risk Factors, Emotional Development, and Health Concerns

Fri, April 7, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Hilton Austin, Meeting Room 404

Session Type: Paper Symposium

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Diminished sleep quality has been linked to a wide range of poor outcomes in children, including a higher risk for mood disorders and reduced school achievement. The detrimental effects of poor sleep are potentially worse in low-SES children since studies have shown that minority children are more likely to go to bed later and sleep fewer hours each night. In addition, parental knowledge about child sleep is poor in low-income households. This paper symposium presents leading-edge sleep research focused on at risk, low-SES toddlers and preschoolers.

The first paper presents a study of sleep timing, duration, quality and cortisol diurnal pattern in low-income preschoolers. The second paper examines child sleep and self-regulation of frustration in toddlers living in poverty. The third paper presents recent findings on the association between sleep and socio-emotional problems in low-income toddlers and on the association between sleep and emotion processing, measured with event-related potentials, in an independent sample of preschoolers. We will close the symposium with a discussion on sleep problems in low-SES children, why these children are especially at risk and how to move forward.

Together, these papers provide an overview of recent findings on how sleep is related to emotion processing and stress reactivity in young at risk children. This knowledge can be used to develop interventions to prevent and treat sleep problems in children.

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