Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on February 29, 2008
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008 33(4):406-407; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsn018
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Commentary: Comparing Actigraphy and Parental Report as Measures of Children's Sleep
Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University
All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Avi Sadeh, DSc, Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. E-mail: sadeh@post.tau.ac.il
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Sleep in children can be assessed using a variety of methods. Direct observations, self-reports, parental reports, time-lapse video, actigraphy, and polysomnography have been repeatedly used in pediatric sleep research and clinical practice. Parental reports have always been a main source of information on children's sleep. Caregiver observations, in questionnaire or diary format, can provide detailed description of the child's sleep schedule, night-wakings, and sleep-related behaviors such as resistance to go sleep or to