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Treatment of Young Children's Bedtime Refusal and Nighttime Wakings: A Comparison of “Standard” and Graduated Ignoring Procedures

Treatment of Young Children's Bedtime Refusal and Nighttime Wakings: A Comparison of “Standard”... Young children with sleep problems received either “standard” or graduated ignoring treatment. Both brief treatments were superior to a wait-list control condition and resulted in comparable improvements in bedtime and nighttime sleep problems. At bedtime, the treatments did not differ with respect to maternal compliance and stress. For nighttime wakings, mothers in the graduated ignoring group reported higher rates of compliance and less treatment-related stress. Maternal characteristics predicted treatment outcome in the standard ignoring condition. Following treatment, only positive side effects were observed. When compared to the wait-list group, mothers in the standard ignoring group reported less verbose discipline and decreased stress in parenting, while mothers in the graduated ignoring group reported improved parent–child relationships. Treatment gains were maintained over a 2-month follow-up period. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Springer Journals

Treatment of Young Children's Bedtime Refusal and Nighttime Wakings: A Comparison of “Standard” and Graduated Ignoring Procedures

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by Plenum Publishing Corporation
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Developmental Psychology
ISSN
0091-0627
eISSN
1573-2835
DOI
10.1023/A:1022606206076
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Abstract

Young children with sleep problems received either “standard” or graduated ignoring treatment. Both brief treatments were superior to a wait-list control condition and resulted in comparable improvements in bedtime and nighttime sleep problems. At bedtime, the treatments did not differ with respect to maternal compliance and stress. For nighttime wakings, mothers in the graduated ignoring group reported higher rates of compliance and less treatment-related stress. Maternal characteristics predicted treatment outcome in the standard ignoring condition. Following treatment, only positive side effects were observed. When compared to the wait-list group, mothers in the standard ignoring group reported less verbose discipline and decreased stress in parenting, while mothers in the graduated ignoring group reported improved parent–child relationships. Treatment gains were maintained over a 2-month follow-up period.

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Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology – Springer Journals

Published: Sep 30, 2004

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