Alterations in cortisol profiles among mothers of children with ASD related to poor child sleep quality

• Main Authors: Bin Eid, Wasmiah, Lim, Mengyu, Gabrieli, Giulio, Kölbel, Melanie, Halstead, Elizabeth, Esposito, Gianluca, Dimitrou, Dagmara
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences; Social sciences::Psychology; Autism; ASD; Sleep; Maternal Sleep; Child Sleep; Cortisol
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163050
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience poorer sleep, but studies have not yet used objective measures to investigate how child and caregiver sleep affect each other. In this study, 29 mothers and their child with ASD aged between 6 and 16 years were recruited. Question...