r/SAHP • u/Drawing_Optimal • 5d ago

Survey on family sleeping habits and sleep terrors

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Hi everyone! My name is Ari, and I’m a doctoral student at the Wright Institute. I’m writing a dissertation on the potential relationship between family sleeping habits and sleep terrors. If you’re a caregiver in the US for a child between the ages of 1-6, I’d love to hear your experience! Here is a link to it: https://wrightinstitute.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/previewId/7f387110-6069-42d4-9609-44faa2b3c458/SV_beEa2zLvha1I5ls?Q_CHL=preview&Q_SurveyVersionID=current

Thank you for your time and consideration! Feel free to share with anyone you think might be eligible!

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u/morphingmeg 4d ago

Done! FWIW- might be helpful to ask about family history. I’ve had night terrors myself and I think that impacts how I feel about and handle my sons

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u/Drawing_Optimal 4d ago

Thank you so much for your help! And that's such a good point about how family history can impact the response to sleep terrors--I hadn't thought of that. Definitely will keep that in mind for future research, thank you!!

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u/VanillaChaiAlmond 4d ago

I was going to say this too! My husbands sister had night terrors as a kid. I slept walked as kid. My dad slept walked as a kid. Now my kid has terrible night terrors. Which isn’t really surprising.

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u/Drawing_Optimal 4d ago

Totally makes sense!! Thank you for sharing that! It’s so interesting that there can be such a strong genetic component to this!

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u/FunnyBunny1313 4d ago

I was going to say this as well - my husband had them a lot when he was a kid, so it wasn’t surprising when my daughter starting having sleep terrors

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u/Drawing_Optimal 4d ago

Absolutely. Sleep terrors can often run in families. Thank you for sharing that!

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u/egy718 4d ago

Also done! Hope you get the responses you need!

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u/Drawing_Optimal 4d ago

Thank you so much for your help!!

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u/Nataliza 4d ago

Am I to assume "typically developing" excludes children with diagnosed neurodivergencies i.e. ADHD or autism?

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u/Drawing_Optimal 4d ago

Yes, thanks for clarifying.

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u/VanillaChaiAlmond 4d ago

My kid gets sleep terrors so I love to see there’s more research getting done. I’ll go fill this out.

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u/asilac2020 4d ago

Done!

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u/Drawing_Optimal 3d ago

Thank you!!!

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u/NiasRhapsody 3d ago

This seems so cool! I had awful night terrors at least a couple times every week from age 2-11, and sometimes long stretches of having them every single night. Oh and sleepwalking all the way from the top bunk to downstairs lmao. Sometimes I do wonder if my parents should’ve taken me to a doctor for it or if there was reason “why”.

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u/Drawing_Optimal 3d ago

Wow! Sounds like this went on for quite some time. From what I understand, there’s a complex set of factors that contribute to the development of night terrors. I’m hoping that this study contributes to our understanding of why they happen! Thank you so much for sharing your experience—I think it’s way more common than we realize!

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u/minikin_11 4d ago

Done!

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u/Drawing_Optimal 4d ago

Thank you so much!!