title: Considering sleep in a family context: introduction to the special issue.
abstract: The special issue addresses the importance of sleep considered within a family context in relation to a broad range of behavioral, emotional, and physical health issues. The collection of articles provides several excellent examples of studies that emphasize a family context for understanding various aspects of sleep in infants, children, adolescents, and adults. Taken together, these studies raise a set of compelling questions for future research in this area.
authors: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors: Ronald E
authors: RE
authors: Dahl
authors: Mona
authors: M
authors: El-Sheikh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000523:psychology*