AES Pilot Study: 2003
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station/ Lindsey Foundation
Grant # ALA080-001
El-Sheikh, M. (PI) Sympathetic, Parasympathetic, and HPA Activity in the Response to Family Stress: Deleterious and Protective Effects on Children’s Health, Sleep, and Adjustment
2003 – 2005
NSF Wave 1: 2004
National Science Foundation
Grant # 0339115
El-Sheikh, M. (PI) Socialization in the Family and Child Development: Emotionality, Regulation, and Sleep as Pathways and Moderators of Outcomes
8/1/2004 – 7/31/2007
NSF Wave 2: 2006
National Science Foundation
Grant # 0623936
El-Sheikh, M. (PI) Children’s Sleep and Development: The Role of Family Functioning, Cultural Context, and Body Mass Index
8/1/2006 – 7/31/2008
NSF Wave 3: 2009
National Science Foundation
Grant # 0843185
El-Sheikh, M. (PI) Developmental Trajectories of Children’s Sleep and Adjustment
4/15/2009 – 3/31/2011
AES was a pilot study that included 54 – 65 children. Study methodology is similar to that of the NSF investigation (Wave 1). Some of the papers listed below are based on a combined sample of 176 youth.
NSF – Conceptual papers:
Buckhalt, J. A. (2011). Insufficient sleep and the socioeconomic status achievement gap. Child Development Perspectives, 5(1), 59-65.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00151.x
Buckhalt, J.A., El-Sheikh, M., Holthaus, C., Baker, S., & Wolfson, A. (2007). Sleep and school performance: What teachers and parents can do. NASP Communique, 35, (insert), 2-3.
Buckhalt, J.A., Wolfson, A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2007). Children's sleep, academic performance, and school behavior. NASP Communique, 35, 40-43.
Waves 1, 2, & 3 NSF, Waves 1, 2, & 3 NICHD Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Grant # R01-HD046795), & Wave 1 Auburn University Sleep Study (National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, NHLBI Grant # R01-HL093246) Conceptual papers:
Buckhalt, J. A. (2011). Children's sleep, sleepiness, and performance on cognitive tasks. WMF press bulletins, 2011(2), 1-12. PMCID: PMC4180085 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4180085
El-Sheikh, M., & Erath, S. A. (2011). Family conflict, autonomic nervous system functioning, and child adaptation: State of the science and future directions. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 703-721. NIHMSID: NIHMS320141
doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579411000034
Wave 1:
El-Sheikh, M., & Arsiwalla, D. D. (2011). Children’s sleep, skin conductance level and mental health. Journal of Sleep Research, 20, 326-337.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365- 2869.2010.00880.x
Keller, P. S., El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2008). Children's attachment to parents and their academic functioning: Sleep disruptions as moderators of effects. The Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 29, 441-449.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0b013e318182a9b4
Buckhalt, J. A., El-Sheikh, M., & Keller, P. (2007). Children’s sleep and cognitive functioning: Race and socioeconomic status as moderators of effects. Child Development, 78, 213-231.
doi: doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00993.x
El-Sheikh, M, Buckhalt, J., Cummings, E. M., Keller, P., & Acebo, C. (2007). Child emotional insecurity and academic achievement: The role of sleep disruptions. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 29-38.
doi: doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.21.1.29
El-Sheikh, M., Erath, S. A., & Keller, P. S. (2007). Children’s sleep and adjustment: The moderating role of vagal regulation. Journal of Sleep Research, 16, 396-405.
doi: doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2869.2007.00618.x
Wave 2:
Kouros, C. D., & El-Sheikh, M. (2015). Daily mood and sleep: Reciprocal relations and links with adjustment problems. Journal of Sleep Research, 24, 24-31.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12226
El-Sheikh, M., Hinnant, J. B., Kelly, R. J., & Erath, S. (2010). Maternal psychological control and child internalizing symptoms: Vulnerability and protective factors across bioregulatory and ecological domains. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51,188-198.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02140.x
Waves 1 & 2:
Kelly, R. J., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011). Marital conflict and children’s sleep: Reciprocal relations and socioeconomic effects. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 412-422.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023789
El-Sheikh, M., Kelly, R. J., Buckhalt, J. A., & Hinnant, J. B. (2010). Children’s sleep and adjustment over time: The role of socioeconomic context. Child Development, 81, 870-883.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01439.x
Keller, P. S. & El-Sheikh, M. (2011). Children’s emotional security and sleep: Longitudinal relations and directions of effects. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52, 64-71.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02263.x
Buckhalt, J. A., El-Sheikh, M., Keller, P. S., & Kelly, R. J. (2009). Concurrent and longitudinal relations between children’s sleep and cognitive functioning: The moderating role of parent education. Child Development, 80, 875-892.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01303.x
Hinnant, J. B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2009). Children’s externalizing and internalizing symptoms over time: The role of individual differences in patterns of RSA responding. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 1049-1061.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-009-9341-1
Keller, P. S., & El-Sheikh, M. (2009). Salivary alpha-amylase as a longitudinal predictor of children’s externalizing symptoms: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a moderator of effects. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34, 633-643.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.12.016
Wave 3:
Tu, K. M., Marks, B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2017). Sleep and mental health: The moderating role of perceived adolescent-parent attachment. Sleep Health, 2, 90-97.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2016.12.003
Waves 1, 2, & 3:
Kelly, R.J., & El-Sheikh, M. (2014). Reciprocal relations between children’s sleep and their adjustment over Wave. Developmental Psychology, 50, 1137-1147.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034501
Kelly, R. & El-Sheikh, M. (2013). Longitudinal relations between marital aggression and children’s sleep: The role of emotional insecurity. Journal of Family Psychology, 27, 282-292.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031896
Waves 1, 2, & 3 NSF & Waves 1, 2, & 3 NICHD (Grant # R01-HD046795): Combined data set:
Hinnant, J. B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2013). Codevelopment of externalizing and internalizing symptoms in middle to late childhood: Sex, baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity as predictors. Development and Psychopathology, 25, 419-436. PMCID: PMC3874140
doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579412001150
El-Sheikh, M., & Hinnant, J. B. (2011). Marital conflict, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and allostatic load: Interrelations and associations with the development of externalizing behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 815-829. NIHMSID: NIHMS320144 PMCID: PMC3170998.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579411000320
Wave 1 NSF & Wave 1 NICHD (Grant # R01-HD046795):
El-Sheikh, M., Arsiwalla, D. D., Hinnant, J. B. & Erath, S. (2011). Children’s internalizing symptoms: The role of interactions between cortisol and respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Physiology & Behavior, 103, 225-232. NIHMSID: NIHMS272694 PMCID: PMC3062736.
doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.004
AES Pilot Study Only (N = 64):
Keller, P. S., El-Sheikh, M., Granger, D. A., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2012). Interactions between salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase as predictors of children’s cognitive functioning and academic performance. Physiology & Behavior, 105, 987-995.
doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.005
El-Sheikh, M., Erath, S. A., Buckhalt, J. A., Granger, D. A., & Mize, J. (2008). Cortisol and children’s adjustment: The moderating role of sympathetic nervous system activity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 601-611.
doi: doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9204-6
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J. A., Keller, P. S., & Granger, D. (2008). Children’s objective and subjective sleep disruptions: Links with afternoon cortisol levels. Health Psychology, 27, 26-33.
doi: doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.27.1.26
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J. A., Granger, D. A., Erath, S. A., & Acebo, C. (2007). The association between children’s sleep disruption and salivary Interleukin-6. Journal of Sleep Research, 16, 188-197.
doi: doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2869.2007.00593.x
El-Sheikh, M., Kelly, R. J., & Philbrook, L. E. (2017). Sleep and development: Familial and socio-cultural considerations. In S. M. McHale, V. King, and O. Buxton (Eds.), Family Contexts of Sleep and Health across the Life Course (pp. 25-49). Springer.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64780-7
Buckhalt, J. A. (2013). The role of schools in identification, treatment and prevention of sleep problems. In A. Wolfson and H. Montgomery- Downs (Eds.). The Oxford handbook of infant, child, and adolescent sleep problems. (pp. 292-301). New York: Oxford University Press.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199873630.013.0019
Keller, P. S., Buckhalt, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2008). Links between family functioning and children’s sleep. In A. Ivanenko (Ed.), Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents. NY: U.S. Books.