All human beings require to rest. Sleep is the essential activity of the brain as children grow up. However, sleep issues are common in children and have a high rate of comorbidities including various mental issues sleep is particularly critical for children as it has a significant impact on their psychological and physical growth. When children sleep, blood supply is enhanced in their body muscles, their energy levels are increased, tissues are development and repair, and essential hormones are discharged for. A child’s development might be affected by not getting enough sleep. The mood and conduct of a child deprived sleep might be the normal noticeable reactions of the absence of sleep; however, there are adverse health effects to a sleep-deprived child that aren’t commonly noticeable. Sleep is vital in enabling a child to battle stress and tension; it additionally advances healthy development.

Relationship Between Children’s Sleep and Mental Health in Mothers of Children with and Without Autism

Strengths/Weaknesses/Limitations

Strengths

The research focused on directly affected individuals, and therefore it provides relevant information

The study looked at both perspectives that are the perspective of Mothers of Children with and Without Autism hence increased the accuracy of results.

The chosen sample is a representation of a study population

Weaknesses

Prone to superficial behaviors

The study group may have changed behavior on realizing they were being observed.

Limitation

The sample size was too small to determine the behavior of the population

Future directions: Include a larger proportion of the study population

Enhance the information gathering process.

Implications

Sleep and mental health of children have a high impact on the well-being of mothers, Majority of the mother is affected by the sleep disorders of their children. Sleep issues are increasingly common among kids with, and therefore parents of such children are more affected (Hodge, Hoffman, Sweeney & Riggs, 2012).

Changes in sleep habits between 1985 and 2013 among children and

adolescents in Sweden

Strengths

The data used in this research is for a specifically defined period of time

Less time was required in this research and captured specific points

Weaknesses

Only valid for the particular time it was gathered and analyzed.

The research does not describe the cause and effect of sleep habits in children

Limitation

Since the presentation and result are all the while surveyed, there is commonly no proof of a temporal connection among exposure and out

come Future directions: The research ought to incorporate the causes of change in sleep habits.

The research should use another approach in order to portray the effect of poor sleeping habits among children.

Implications

This research study showed that few children’s go to bed early hence getting enough sleep while others go to bed late hence are sleep deprived. The sleep patterns change over time as kids grow and sleep challenges have been extended to children of different ages, and there are increased chances inadequate sleep in children and late sleep times (Norell-Clarke & Hagquist, 2017).

Association of sleep patterns with psychological positive health and health complaints in children and adolescents

Strengths

The research method used was less expensive.

The research shows accurate results from the samples collected.

The research covers a wide area hence increased accuracy

Weaknesses

The research has chances of biasness in the samples used in the study.

Selecting the sample to be used was a little difficult

There could be chances of errors due to the large sample used in the study.

Limitations

The research is quite involving in terms of analyzing the outcome; a simpler research method would be better.

Future directions: To increase accuracy and reduce errors, the sample should be drawn more carefully, more knowledge on the research topic is vital to minimize the mistakes and misleading results.

Implications

Inadequate and poor quality sleep may adversely affect the lives of children, diminishing general dimensions of positive mental wellbeing and expanding the recurrence of having health complaints (Segura-Jiménez, Carbonell-Baeza, Keating, Ruiz & Castro-Piñero, 2014).

A taxometric analysis of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire
 Strengths

Covered a considerable population hence increased accuracy

Precisely mirrors the populace under examination

Proper and adequate representation of the population under study

Weaknesses

The research shows less precision in its findings

Limitations

The study involved a lot of conditions for an accurate outcome to be conveyed.

Future directions: The population under study should be classified into subgroups to enhance the accuracy of this research.

Implications

Poor sleeping habits are a common problem in children and can be attributed to several factors. The study implies that sleep problems are better off classified as dimensional rather than categorical. This finding is well supported by established data in the study (Ren, Wang, Phull & Zhang, 2015).

Good Sleep Health in Urban Children with Asthma: A Risk and Resilience Approach

Strengths

This study examines a broad dimension of the populace

Increased accuracy of the research since it represents

This study ensures homogeneity in the information used

Weaknesses

There exist chances of biasness in how the study population of the study was done.

This research excluded some vital data hence reduced accuracy.

Limitations

The research Requires broad information, assembling such sample would be very tedious and hard to do as well as requires a lot of time to gather the information.

Future directions: To ensure accuracy in the outcome of research on children sleeping habits, information biasness ought to be reduced and provide information represents all population equally irrespective of region.

Implications

This research distinguishes defensive procedures that may reduce urban dangers to ensure healthy and adequate sleep in children with asthma. Mediation programs can be made to consider explicit supports that improve sleep health children (Koinis-Mitchell, Kopel, Boergers, Mcquaid, Esteban, Seifer, Lebourgeois, 2015).

Conclusion

From the study’ undertaken, it is clear that adequate and proper sleep is vital in the growth and development of children. Sleep problems in children are widespread and can have adverse health effects as well as affect their growth and development. Children accomplish great sleep health when they get undisturbed, remedial rest of sufficient duration as indicated by the developmental level of the child. Sleep recommendations in children have become different in recent years even though they are not always founded on observational proof. Sleep problems affect parents as well, and it is, therefore, crucial for them to ensure their children get enough sleep.

 

References

Koinis-Mitchell, D., Kopel, S. J., Boergers, J., Mcquaid, E. L., Esteban, C. A., Seifer, R., . . . Lebourgeois, M. (2015). Good Sleep Health in Urban Children With Asthma: A Risk and Resilience Approach. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40(9), 888-903. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsv046

Norell-Clarke, A., & Hagquist, C. (2017). Changes in sleep habits between 1985 and 2013 among children and adolescents in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 45(8), 869-877. doi:10.1177/1403494817732269

Hodge, D., Hoffman, C. D., Sweeney, D. P., & Riggs, M. L. (2012). Relationship Between Children’s Sleep and Mental Health in Mothers of Children with and Without Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(4), 956-963. doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1639-0

Segura-Jiménez, V., Carbonell-Baeza, A., Keating, X. D., Ruiz, J. R., & Castro-Piñero, J. (2014). Association of sleep patterns with psychological positive health and health complaints in children and adolescents. Quality of Life Research, 24(4), 885-895. doi:10.1007/s11136-014-0827-0

Ren, F., Wang, G., Phull, G., & Zhang, J. (2015). Taxometric analysis of the Childrens Sleep Habits Questionnaire. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 13(3), 261-270. doi:10.1111/sbr.12113