Journal of Psychiatry

Elisabeth Peters

Publications

• Research Article
  Telephone Support in an Internet-Based Treatment for Sleep Problems in Early Childhood
  Author(s): Angelika A Schlarb, Isabel Brandhorst, Elisabeth Peters and Martin HautzingerAngelika A Schlarb, Isabel Brandhorst, Elisabeth Peters and Martin Hautzinger
  
  Study background: Mild to severe sleep problems are reported in 3% to 56% of young children. Behaviourbased treatments are highly effective in improving children´s sleep. The purpose of this work was to examine the efficacy of an Internet-based intervention for young children´s sleep disturbances (Mini-KiSS Online) and to assess the effect of telephone support for parents. Methods: Two intervention conditions (written information with or without additional weekly telephone support) were compared to a waiting-list control condition. N=199 parents with their children (aged 6-63 months) were randomly assigned to one of the study conditions. The treatment consisted of six written information modules based on a cognitive-behavioural approach. One of the treatment groups had additional weekly telephone support. Data of sleep diary, par.. View More»
  

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