For the background literature review and data analyses on which this policy statement and recommendations are based, please refer to the accompanying «Technical Report — SIDS and Other
Sleep - Related Infant Deaths: Expansion
of Recommendations for a Safe Infant
Sleeping Environment,» available in the online
version of this
issue of Pediatrics.2
It has been validated to detect clinically significant internalizing and externalizing child behavior traits.15, 16 Factors potentially associated with child
sleep and behavior problems were assessed, including marital satisfaction (measured by the single - item
version of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale) 17 and parenting (measured by 3 study - designed, 4 - point global scales addressing day - to - day behavior,
sleep issues, and parent cooperation).