Includes articles about sleep timing and quality; racial / ethnic differences;
role of sleep disruptions in emotional security and academic achievement; behavior development; marital relationship in the 1st year of life; family stress and insomnia; and other effects of sleep disturbances on family dynamics.
West Virginia University Professor of psychology and pediatrics, Hawley Montgomery Downs, studies the effect
of sleep disruption on first - time mothers, and says research has shown that as sleep debt racks up, postpartum women can become as cognitively impaired as an intoxicated person.
Child Emotional Insecurity and Academic Achievement: The Role
of Sleep Disruptions Pages 29 — 38 El - Sheikh, Mona; Buckhalt, Joseph A.; Keller, Peggy S.; Cummings, E. Mark; Acebo, Christine
Some subtler positive effects have been measured, including declines in robberies — but so have increases in heart attacks and workplace accidents, thanks to the
effects of sleep disruption.
A growing body of research is investigating the
role of sleep disruption and Alzheimer's disease and the results are may help delay its onset.