title: Ii. Moving sleep and child development research forward: priorities and recommendations from the srcd-sponsored forum on sleep and child development.
abstract: Prevalent in typically developing children, insufficient or poor-quality sleep are matters of public health concern. Programmatic studies of the predictors and sequelae of sleep are increasing rapidly and yielding novel research paradigms that explicate connections between sleep, family processes, and child development within the sociocultural milieu. In an SRCD-sponsored Forum, established researchers and junior scholars from disparate areas of inquiry (e.g., Pediatrics; Public Health; Psychology; Anthropology) convened. An overarching goal of the Forum was to promote dialogue and collaborations, identify pivotal areas in the study of typically developing children's sleep, and integrate knowledge of sleep and child development across disciplines toward making conceptual advances about the ways that sleep and waking behaviors are intertwined. In addition to conceptual advances, a second goal focused on the need for methodological advances, including contemporary approaches and tools in the measures and analyses of sleep to help accelerate the pace and enhance the quality of research in this interdisciplinary field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Sheikh
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Buckhalt
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012106:Research; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012923:Social Class; D012931:Social Environment