The effectiveness of group therapy in treating children's sleeping problems.
The behavioural management approach to treating children's sleeping problems is being used by increasing numbers of health professionals. Despite this there are few formal evaluations of its effectiveness. In this study sleeping patterns of infants in a treatment and a control group were compared. Questionnaires about sleeping were given to mothers before treatment and afterwards, the questionnaires were given to mothers in the control group over a comparable period of time. Both groups of infants appeared to improve their sleeping over the period of the study, and no differences were found in the sleeping patterns of the two groups. The reasons for these findings are discussed.
Messer
D J
DJ
Psychology Division, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
Lauder
L
L
Humphrey
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014851:Wakefulness