title: [Mini-KiSS--a multimodal group therapy intervention for parents of young children with sleep disorders: a pilot study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sleep disorders in early childhood tend to be chronic and almost always a burden for the parents. This study developed and evaluated a multimodal parent training program for children 0.5 to 4 years of age suffering from sleep disorders (Mini-KiSS). We hypothesized that there would be specific improvements following the structured group training (reduction of sleep problems, improvement of parental well-being).
  
  
  METHODS
  The pilot study consisted of a pre-post test design without control group. Participants were n = 17 parents of children 0.5 to 4 years of age with sleep disorders determined according to the ICSD-II. Each of the six sessions was evaluated, and changes were assessed by sleep diary and CBCL. Behavioral and emotional problems of the child were assessed by CBCL, parental well-being, and SCL-90-R.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed high acceptance of Mini-KiSS and satisfactory feasibility. Children showed significant improvements of the sleep disturbances such as nightly awakenings as well as sleeping in parents' bed. Furthermore, improvements were found for children's emotional and behavioral problems and for parental well-being, in particular for the depression scale of the mother.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This pilot study shows a high acceptance and good feasibility of the multimodal short-time parent-training program Mini-KiSS. Sleep problems were significantly reduced.
authors.affiliation: Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Fachbereich Psychologie, Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. angelika.schlarb@uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Angelika Anita
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Schlarb
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brandhorst
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hautzinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014851:Wakefulness