The Laboratory for Children's Sleep Disorders

The Laboratory for Children's Sleep Disorders at the Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, serves as a research center and a clinic for infants and children with sleep problems. The laboratory has been supported by Helene and Woolf Marmot and it is a part of the Adler Center for Research in Child Development and Psychopathology. The laboratory is headed by Prof. Avi Sadeh, a clinical psychologist and an expert on sleep disorders in infants and children. Prof. Sadeh is the author of the book "Sleeping Like a Baby", published by Yale University Press. He has treated hundreds of infants and children with sleep problems and participates in international forums and committees on topics related to pediatric sleep medicine. To learn more about Prof. Sadeh click here. To see the impact of our work as indicated by the number of scientific citations of our work click here.

Selected list of publications of Prof. Sadeh and from our laboratory

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• Gregory, A. M. & Sadeh, A. (2012). Sleep, emotional and behavioral difficulties in children and adolescents. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 16, 129-136.
• Teng, A., Bartle, A., Sadeh, A., & Mindell, J. (2012). Infant and Toddler Sleep in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 48, 268–273.
• Kushnir, J., & Sadeh, A. (2012). Assessment of brief interventions for nighttime fears in preschool children. European Journal of Pediatrics, 171, 67–75.
• Kushnir, J., & Sadeh, A. (2011). Nighttime fears and sleep patterns in preschool children. Sleep Medicine, 12, 870-874.
• Soffer-Dudek, N., Sadeh, A., Dahl, R.E., & Rosenblat-Stein, S. (2011). Poor sleep predicts deficient emotion information processing over time in early adolescence. Sleep, 34:1499-1508.
• Mindell, J. A, Du Mond, C. E., Sadeh, A., Telofski, L. S., Kulkarni, C., & Gunn, E. (2011). Long-term Efficacy of an Internet-based Intervention for Infant and Toddler Sleep Disturbances: One Year Follow-Up. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 7, 507-511.
• Sadeh, A., Mindell, J. A., & Owens, J. (2011). Why care about sleep of infants and their parents? (Commentary). Sleep Medicine Reviews, 15, 335-337.
• Kohyama, J., Mindell, J., & Sadeh, A. (2011). Sleep characteristics of young children in Japan: An internet-based study with comparison to other Asian countries. Pediatrics International, 53, 649–655.
• Sadeh, A.(2011). The role and validity of actigraphy in sleep medicine: An update. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 15, 259-267.
• Hinshaw, S. P., Scheffler , R. M., Fulton, B., Aase, H., Banaschewski, T., Cheng, W., Holte, A., Levy, F., Mattos, P., Sadeh, A., Sergeant, J., Weiss, M. (2011). International Variation in Treatment Procedures for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Social Context and Recent Trends. Psychiatric Services, 62,459-464.
• Sadeh, A., Mindell, J., & Rivera, L. (2011). "My child has a sleep problem": a cross-cultural comparison of parental definition. Sleep Medicine, 12, 478-482.
• Jarus, T., Bloch, L., Rabinovitch, G., Sadeh, A., Dolfin, T., Litmanovitz, I. Bart, O. (2011). "Effects of prone and supine positions on sleep state and stress responses in preterm infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 34, 257-263.
• Gregory, A. M., Cousins, J. C., Forbes, E. E., Trubnick, L., Ryan, N. D., Axelson, D. A., Birmaher, B., Sadeh, A., Dahl, R. E. (2011). Sleep items in the Child Behavior Checklist: A comparison with sleep diaries, actigraphy and Polysomnography. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 50, 499 –507.
• Bar-Haim, Y., Bar Av, G., & Sadeh, A. (2011). Measuring children’s regulation of emotion-expressive behavior. Emotion, 11, 215–223.
• Sadeh, A., Dan, O., & Bar-Haim, Y. (2011). Online assessment of sustained attention following sleep restriction. Sleep Medicine, 12, 257-261.
• Mindell, J., Johnson, C. E., Sadeh, A., Telofski, L. S., Kulkarni, N., & Gunn, E.(2011). Efficacy of an Internet-based intervention for infant and toddler sleep disturbances. Sleep, 34, 451-458.
• Mindell, J.A. Owens, J., Alves, R., Bruni, O., Goh, D., Hiscock, H., Kohyama, J., and Sadeh, A. (2011). Give children and adolescents the gift of a good night’s sleep: a call to action. Sleep Medicine, 12, 203-204.
• Cohen-Zrubavel, V., Kushnir, B., Kushnir, Y., & Sadeh, A. (2011). Sleep and sleepiness in children with nocturnal enuresis. Sleep, 34: 191-194.
• Tikotzky, L., Sadeh, A. & Glickman-Gavrieli, T. (2011). Infant sleep and paternal involvement in infant caregiving during the first 6 months of life. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36: 36-46.
• Landau, R., Sadeh, A., Vassoly, P., Berger, A., Atzaba-Poria, N., & Auerbach, J. (2010). Sleep patterns of seven-week-old infants at familial risk for ADHD.Infant Mental Health Journal, 31, 630-646.
• Tikotzky, L.& Sadeh, A. (2010). The role of cognitive-behavioral therapy in behavioral childhood insomnia.Sleep Medicine, 11, 686-691.
• Tikotzky, L., Sharabany, R., Hirsch, I., & Sadeh, A. (2010). “Ghosts in the nursery”: Infant sleep and sleep-related cognitions of parents raised under communal sleeping arrangements.Infant Mental Health Journal, 31, 312-334.
• Sadeh, A, Tikotzky, L., & Scher, A. (2010). Parenting and infant sleep. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 19, 103-110.
• Rosenberg-Kima, R.B., & Sadeh, A. (2010). Attention, Response Inhibition and Face Information Processing in Children: The Role of Task Characteristics, Age and Gender. Child Neuropsychology, 16: 388–404.
• Mindell, J.A., Sadeh, A., Kohyama, J., & How, T.H. (2010). Parental Behaviors and Sleep Outcomes in Infants and Toddlers: A cross-Cultural Comparison. Sleep Medicine, 11, 393–399.
• Mindell, J., Sadeh, A., Wiegand, B., How, T.H, & Goh, D. Y. (2010). Cross-cultural differences in infant and toddler sleep. Sleep Medicine, 11, 274-280.
• Tikotzky, L., De Marcas, G., Har-Toov, J., Dollberg, S., Bar-Haim, Y., & Sadeh, A. (2010). Sleep and physical growth in infants during the first six months. Journal of Sleep Research, 14, 89-96.
• Kushnir, Y., & Sadeh, A. (2010). Childhood fears, neurobehavioral functioning and behavior problems in school-age children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 41, 88-97.
• Sadeh, A. Dahl, R.E., Shahar, G., & Rosenblath-Stein, S. (2009). Sleep and the transition to adolescence: A longitudinal study. Sleep, 32, 1602-1609.
• Tikotzky, L. & Sadeh, A. (2009). Maternal sleep-related cognitions and infant sleep: A longitudinal study from pregnancy through the first year. Child Development, 80, 860-874.
• Sadeh, A. & Sivan, Y. (2009). Clinical practice: Sleep problems during infancy. European Journal of Pediatrics, 168, 1159–1164.
• Sadeh, A., Mindell, J., Luedtke, K. & Wiegand, B. (2009). Sleep and Sleep Ecology in the First Three Years: A Web-Based Study. Journal of Sleep Research, 18, 60-73.
• Sadeh, A., Hen-Gal, S., & Tikotzky, L. (2008). Young children’s reactions to war-related stress: A survey and assessment of an innovative intervention. Pediatrics, 121, 46-53.
• Sadeh, A. (2008). Sleep. In M. M. Haith & J. B. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, 174-185.
• Sadeh, A. (2007). Consequences of sleep loss or sleep disruptions in children. Sleep Medicine Clinics, 513-520.
• Hinds, P. S., Hockenberry, M. J., Gattuso, J. S., Srivastava, D. K., Tong, X., Jones, H., West, N., McCarthy, K. S., Sadeh, A., & Pui, C. (2007). Dexamethasone alters sleep and fatigue in pediatric patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Cancer, 110, 2321-30.
• Sadeh, A., Flint-Ofir, E., Tirosh, E., Tikotzky, L. (2007). Infant Sleep and Parental Cognitions in Clinical and Control Samples. Journal of Family Psychology, 21: 74-87.
• Sadeh, A., Pergamin, L., & Bar-Haim, Y. (2006). Sleep in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analysis of polysomnographic studies. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 10, 381-398.
• Bursztein, C., Steinberg, T., & Sadeh, A. (2006). Sleep, sleepiness and behavior problems in children with headache. Journal of Child Neurology, 21, 1012-1019.
• Mindell, J., Kuhn, B., Lewin, D. S., Meltzer, L. J., Sadeh, A., Owens, J. A. (2006). Behavioral Treatment of Bedtime Problems and Night Wakings in Infants and Young Children. Sleep, 29, 1263-1276.
• Sadeh, A. (2005). Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Childhood Sleep Disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 25: 612-628.
• Acebo, C., Sadeh, A., Seifer, R., Tzischinsky, O., Hafer, A., Carskadon, MA. (2005). Sleep/wake patterns of healthy one- to five-year-old children derived from activity monitoring and maternal report. Sleep, 28, 1568-1577.
• Sadeh, A. (2004). A Brief Screening Questionnaire for Infant Sleep Problems: Validation and Findings for an Internet Sample. Pediatrics, 113: e570–577.
• Gruber, R. & Sadeh, A. (2004). Sleep and neurobehavioral functioning in boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and no breathing problems. Sleep, 27, 267-273.
• Sadeh, A., Keinan, G., & Daon, K. (2004). Effects of stress on sleep: the moderating role of coping style. Health Psychology, 23, 542-545.
• Sadeh, A., Gruber, R., & Raviv, A. (2003). The effects of sleep restriction and extension on school-age children: What a difference an hour makes. Child Development, 7,444-455.
• Gertner, S., Greenbaum, C. W., Sadeh, A., Dolfin, Z., Sirota, L. & Ben-Nun, Y. (2002). Sleep-wake patterns in preterm infants and six month’s home environment: implication for early mental development. Early Human Development, 68 (2), 93-102.
• Leitner, Y., Mimouni-Bloch, A., Sadeh, A., Tikotzky, L., Neuderfer, O., & Harel, S. (2002). Sleep-Wake Patterns in Children with Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR). Journal of Child Neurology, 17, 872-876.
• Sadeh, A., Gruber, & Raviv, R. (2002). Sleep, Neurobehavioral Functioning and Behavior Problems in School-Age Children. Child Development, 73, 405-417.
• Sadeh, A., & Acebo, C. (2002). The role of actigraphy in sleep medicine. Sleep Medicine Review, 6, 113-124.
• Tikotzky, L., & Sadeh, A. (2001). Sleep patterns and sleep disruptions in kindergarten children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, 579-589.
• Sadeh, A., Raviv, A., & Gruber, R. (2000). Sleep patterns and sleep disruptions in School-Age Children. Developmental Psychology, 36, 291-301.
• Gruber, R., Sadeh, A., & Raviv, A. (2000). Instability of Sleep Patterns in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 495-501.
• Acebo, C, Sadeh, A., Seifer, R., Tzischinsky, O., Wolfson, A. R., Hafer, A., & Carskadon, M. A. (1999). Estimating sleep patterns with activity monitoring in children and adolescence: How many nights are necessary for reliable measures? Sleep, 22, 95-103.
• Sadeh, A., Horowitz, I., Volach B, & Volach-Benodis, L. (1998). Sleep and pulmonary function in well-controlled, stable asthmatic children. Sleep, 21, 379-384.
• Sadeh, A. (1996). Stress, trauma and sleep in children. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 5, 685-700.
• Sadeh, A. (1996). Evaluating Night-Wakings in Sleep-Disturbed Infants: A Methodological Study of Parental Reports and Actigraphy. Sleep, 19, 757-762.
• Sadeh, A., Dark, I., & Vohr, B. R. (1996). Newborns' sleep-wake patterns: The role of maternal, delivery and infant factors. Early Human Development, 44, 113-126.
• Sadeh, A., Klitzke, M., Anders, T. F., & Acebo, C. (1995). Sleep and Aggressive Behavior in a Blind Retarded Adolescent: A Concomitant Schedule Disorder? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 820-824.
• Sadeh, A., McGuire, J. P. D., Sachs, H., Seifer, R., Trembley, A., Civita, R, Hayden, R. M. (1995). Sleep and psychological characteristics of children on a psychiatric inpatient unit. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 813-819.
• Sadeh, A. Hauri, P., Kripke, D., & Lavie, P. (1995). The role of actigraphy in sleep medicine. Sleep, 18, 288-302.
• Sadeh, A., Acebo, C., Seifer, R., Aytur, S., & Carskadon, M.A. (1995). Activity-based assessment of sleep-wake patterns during the first year of life. Infant Behavior and Development, 18, 329-337.
• Sadeh, A. (1994). Assessment of intervention for infant night waking: parental reports and activity-based home monitoring. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62 (1), 63-68.
• Sadeh, A., Lavie, P., & Scher A. (1994). Maternal perceptions of temperament of sleep-disturbed toddlers. Early Education & Development, 5, 311-322.
• Sadeh, A. Sharkey, K., & Carskadon, M. A. (1994). Activity-based sleep-wake identification: An empirical study of methodological issue. Sleep, 17, 201-207.
• Sadeh, A., Hayden, R. M., McGuire, J., Sachs, H., & Civita, R. (1994). Somatic, cognitive and emotional characteristics of abused children in a psychiatric hospital. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 24, 191-200.
• Sadeh, A. & Anders, T. F. (1993). Infant sleep problems: origins, assessment, intervention. Infant Mental Health Journal, 14 (1), 17-34.
• McKenna, J. J., Thoman, E. B., Anders, T. F., Sadeh, A., Schechterman, V. L., & Glotzbach, S. F. (1993). Infant-parent co-sleeping in an evolutionary perspective: implications for understanding infant sleep development and the sudden infant death syndrome. Sleep, 16 (3), 263-282.
• Sadeh, A., Rubin, S. S., Berman, E. (1993). Parental and relationship representations and experiences of depression in college students. Journal of Personality Assessment, 60 (1), 192-204.
• Sadeh, A., Lavie, P., Scher, A., Tirosh, E., Epstein, R. (1991). Actigraphic home-monitoring sleep-disturbed and control infants and young children: a new method for pediatric assessment of sleep-wake patterns. Pediatrics, 87, 494-499.