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Primitive or baby reflexes
Published in Jill Christmas, Rosaline Van de Weyer, Hands on Dyspraxia: Developmental Coordination Disorder, 2019
Jill Christmas, Rosaline Van de Weyer
The child may find sleep difficult due to their hypersensitivity to sound and the general bodily discomfort experienced. The slightest sound may bring them up out of sleep, resulting in sleep deprivation for them – and those around them. It is not uncommon for these children to have night terrors and fear of the dark due to a very creative imagination.
Personal testimonies
Published in Jack Ryalls, Nick Miller, Foreign Accent Syndromes, 2014
My Name is Alice Murphy. I grew up in a small town in Nebraska. I am one of a family of 6. I am the youngest child and fear has been an issue for me since I was young. Fear of the dark, or fear of being alone, or anything that fear can touch in one’s life. So, psychological issues have been with me for many years. But the speech issues did not begin until 2 years ago when I suffered a complete mental break down. I spent 3 days in the hospital seeing a variety of doctors.
Psychosocial Treatment of Anxiety Disorders Across the Lifespan
Published in Stephen M. Stahl, Bret A. Moore, Anxiety Disorders: A Guide for Integrating Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy, 2013
Michael Sweeney, Jessica Levitt, Robert Westerholm, Clare Gaskins, Christina Lipinski
Among the most common fears in childhood are fears of animals, fear of natural environments, and fear of the dark. The prevalence of specific phobia among youth in community samples is thought to range from 5& to 10& (Kessler et al., 2005). Retrospective studies of adults suggest that specific phobias commonly first emerge in early to middle childhood, with lifetime prevalence rates of 12.5& (Kessler et al., 2005).
Applying the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents to Misophonia: A Case Example
Published in Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2023
Niza A. Tonarely-Busto, Dominique A. Phillips, Estefany Saez-Clarke, Ashley Karlovich, Kelly Kudryk, Adam B. Lewin, Jill Ehrenreich-May
In addition to these principal concerns, Sebastian was also diagnosed with social anxiety disorder due to his fear of negative evaluation during social interactions. Specifically, Sebastian and Mrs. F reported that he was anxious when participating in class presentations and performing in orchestra. Sebastian and Mrs. F reported that this anxiety had affected his ability to meet requirements in orchestra and in other academic classes. Sebastian reported that when presenting in front of peers and evaluators, he experienced increased heart rate and hyperventilation. A diagnosis of specific phobia, natural environment (darkness) was also assigned to account for Sebastian’s marked fear of the dark. Sebastian reportedly refused to go to the kitchen or bathroom at night without a parent. He reported feeling that he would not be able to navigate in the dark to use the restroom or get water without a flashlight or one of his parents.
Factors associated with consistent bedtime routines and good sleep outcomes
Published in Children's Health Care, 2022
Kristy L. Larsen, Sara S. Jordan
In addition to independently contributing to poor sleep outcomes, worry, fear, and anxiety at bedtime may also contribute to sleep problems through poor compliance near bedtime. Indeed, anxiety symptoms in children are correlated with bedtime noncompliance (Chorney, Detweiler, Morris, & Kuhn, 2008; Iwardi et al., 2015; McMakin & Alfano, 2015). In fact, Muris, Meckelbach, Ollendick, King, and Bogie (2001) found that fear at bedtime is common in that more than 70% of young children in their sample experienced nighttime fears (e.g., fears may span from personal safety fears, separation fears, fear of imaginary creatures [i.e., monsters], fear of scary dreams, fear of the dark, or concerns about academic and social functioning [Chorney et al., 2008]). In turn, fear near bedtime may elicit bedtime noncompliance along with difficulties with sleep initiation (Clementi, 2018; Meltzer & Mindell, 2006). Thus, bedtime anxiety and compliance near bedtime may also sequentially relate to sleep quality.
Adolescent Nocturnal Fears: a psychometric evaluation of the fear of sleep inventory (FoSI)
Published in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2019
Tyish S. Hall Brown, E’leyna Garcia, Ameenat Akeeb, Angelique C. Lynch-Jiles, Davene White, Michal Young
Several types of nocturnal fears have been identified including, fear of sleeping alone, fear of sleep, fear of nightmares, fear of the dark, fear of loss of vigilance, or fear of reexperiencing trauma. Studies examining nocturnal fears in adult populations found that sleep fears were associated with insomnia and short sleep duration in urban African Americans exposed to trauma (Hall Brown & Mellman, 2014) and that fear of going to sleep was greater in individuals with nightmares compared to individuals without nightmares in a trauma-exposed sample of adults (Krakow, Tandberg, Scriggins, & Barey, 1995). Studies examining nocturnal fears in trauma-exposed youth are limited, but a study by Hall Brown et al. (2011) utilized a one-item probe from the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scales (Chorpita, Yim, Moffitt, Umemoto, & Francis, 2000) to account for fear of sleeping alone, and found a significant relationship among posttraumatic stress symptoms, sleep disturbance, and fear of sleeping alone, in children and adolescents who had been exposed to Hurricane Katrina.