Recent Publications
 

2021

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Halstead, E. J., Jones, A., Esposito, G., & Dimitriou, D. (2021). The Moderating Role of Parental Sleep Knowledge on Children with Developmental Disabilities and Their Parents’ Sleep. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (2), 746. doi:10.3390/ijerph18020746

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Jeon, M., Dimitriou, D., & Halstead, E. J. (2021). A systematic review on cross-cultural comparative studies of sleep in young populations: The roles of cultural factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (4), 1-45. doi:10.3390/ijerph18042005

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Zambelli, Z., Fidalgo, A. R., Halstead, E. J., & Dimitriou, D. (2021). Acute impact of a national lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on wellbeing outcomes among individuals with chronic pain. Journal of Health Psychology, 1359105321995962.

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Lois Mosquera, M., Mandy, W., Pavlopoulou, G., & Dimitriou, D. (2021). Autistic adults’ personal experiences of navigating a social world prior to and during Covid-19 lockdown in Spain. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 117, 104057. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104057

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Hayton, J., Marshall, J., & Dimitriou, D. (2021). Lights Out: Examining Sleep in Children with Vision Impairment. Brain Sciences, 11 (4). doi:10.3390/brainsci11040421

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Dimitriou, D., & Halstead, E. (2021). Sleep-Related Learning in Williams Syndrome and Down’s Syndrome. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relation between Sleep and Learning in Early Development, Volume 60. Academic Press.

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Halstead, E., Sullivan, E., Zambelli, Z., Ellis, J. G., & Dimitriou, D. (2021). The treatment of sleep problems in autistic adults in the United Kingdom. Autism, 13623613211007226.

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Halstead, E. J., Joyce, A., Sullivan, E., Tywyn, C., Davies, K., Jones, A., & Dimitriou, D. (2021). Sleep disturbances and patterns in children with neurodevelopmental conditions. Frontiers in pediatrics, 9, 91.

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Mughal, R., Wong, S. S., Dimitriou, D., & Halstead, E. (2021). Nightmares in Children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Their Typically Developing Peers. Clocks & Sleep, 3(3), 465-481.

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Mughal, R., Thomson, L.J., Daykin, N. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2021) Rapid evidence review of community engagement in the UK During the COVID-19 pandemic: How can community assets redress health inequities? BMC Public Health, Preprint.

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Halstead, E., Sullivan, E., Zambelli, Z., Ellis, J. G., & Dimitriou, D. (2021). The treatment of sleep problems in autistic adults in the United Kingdom. Autism, 13623613211007226.

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Zambelli, Z., Halstead, E. J., Fidalgo, A. R., & Dimitriou, D. (2021). Good sleep quality improves the relationship between pain and depression among individuals with chronic pain. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1555.

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Alyoubi A, Halstead EJ, Zambelli Z, Dimitriou D (2021). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Mental Health and Sleep in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(17):9344. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179344

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Hood AM, Kölbel M, Stotesbury H, Kawadler J, Slee A, Inusa B, Pelidis M, Howard J, Chakravorty S, Height S, Awogbade M, Kirkham FJ and Liossi C (2021) Biopsychosocial Predictors of Quality of Life in Paediatric Patients With Sickle Cell Disease. Front. Psychol. 12:681137. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.681137

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Hood AM, Stotesbury H, Murphy J, Kölbel M, Slee A, Springall C, Paradis M, Corral-Frías NS, Reyes-Aguilar A, Cuellar Barboza AB, Noser AE, Gomes S, Mitchell M, Watkins SM, Butsch Kovacic M, Kirkham FJ, Crosby LE. Attitudes About COVID-19 and Health: A Mixed-Methods Smartphone-App and Online Survey Study. JMIR Ment Health. 2021 Jul 28. doi: 10.2196/29963. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34357877.

 

2020

Blakey, E., Carroll, D., Matthews, D., Cameron, D., Sullivan, E., Ridley, E.,...Pepper, L. (2020). The Role of Executive Functions in Socioeconomic Attainment Gaps: Results from a Randomised Control Trial. Child Development.  

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Walker, A., Boaz, A., Gibney, A., Zambelli, Z., & Hurley, M. V. (2020). Scaling-up an evidence-based intervention for osteoarthritis in real-world settings: a pragmatic evaluation using the RE-AIM framework. Implementation Science Communications, 1(1), 1-7.

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Kölbel, M., Kirkham, F. J., & Dimitriou, D. (2020). Developmental Profile of Sleep and Its Potential Impact on Daytime Functioning from Childhood to Adulthood in Sickle Cell Anaemia. Brain Sciences, 10 (12), 981. doi:10.3390/brainsci10120981

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Mughal, R., Hill, C. M., Joyce, A., & Dimitriou, D. (2020). Sleep and Cognition in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Brain Sciences, 10 (11), 863. doi:10.3390/brainsci10110863

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Jawed, A., Harrison, A., & Dimitriou, D. (2020). The Presentation of Eating Disorders in Saudi Arabia. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586706

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Jeon, M., Halstead, E. J., & Dimitriou, D. (2020). Cross-cultural comparison of sleep patterns of typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder in the UK and South Korea. Presented at: 25th Congress of the European-Sleep-Research-Society (ESRS).

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Gwilliam, K., Joyce, A., & Dimitriou, D. (2020). Early manifestation of sleep problems in toddlers with Williams Syndrome using a mixed method longitudinal approach. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 104, 103658. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103658

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Mughal, R., Joyce, A., Hill, C., & Dimitriou, D. (2020). Sleep disturbance as a predictor of anxiety in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and typically developing children. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 101, 103610. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103610

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Pavlopoulou, G., & Dimitriou, D. (2020). In their own words, in their own photos: Adolescent females’ siblinghood experiences, needs and perspectives growing up with a preverbal autistic brother or sister. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 97, 103556. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103556

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Hayton, J., Wall, K., & Dimitriou, D. (2020). Get your coat: examining the development of independent dressing skills in young children with visual impairment, Down syndrome and typically developing children. doi:10.1080/13603116.2018.1456568

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2019

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Hayton,J., & Dimitriou,D.(2019).What's in a word? Distinguishing between Habilitation and Re-habilitation. ​Vision Rehabilitation International, 10(1), 1-4.

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Pavlopoulou, G., & Dimitriou, D. (2019). ‘I don't live with autism; I live with my sister’. Sisters’ accounts on growing up with their preverbal autistic siblings. Research in developmental disabilities, 88, 1-15.

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Knight, F. L. C., & Dimitriou, D. (2019). Poor sleep has negative implications for children with and without ADHD, but in different ways. Behavioral sleep medicine, 17(4), 423-436.

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Joyce, A., Hill, C. M., Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Dimitriou, D. (2019). A cross-syndrome comparison of sleep-dependent learning on a cognitive procedural task. American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities, 124(4), 339-353.

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Yau, S., Pickering, R. M., Gringras, P., Elphick, H., Evans, H. J., Farquhar, M., ... & Mindell, J. A. (2019). Sleep in infants and toddlers with Down syndrome compared to typically developing peers: looking beyond snoring. Sleep Medicine.

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Joyce, A., Elphick, H., Farquhar, M., Gringras, P., Evans, H., Bucks, R. S., ... & Rush, C. (2019). Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Contributes to Executive Function Impairment in Young Children with Down Syndrome. Behavioral sleep medicine, 1-11.

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Hannant, P., Cassidy, S., Renshaw, D., & Joyce, A. (2019). A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised-designed GABA tea study in children diagnosed with autism spectrum conditions: a feasibility study clinical trial registration: ISRCTN 72571312. Nutritional neuroscience, 1-17.

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Kingshott, R. N., Gahleitner, F., Elphick, H. E., Gringras, P., Farquhar, M., Pickering, R. M., ... & Evans, H. J. (2019). Cardiorespiratory sleep studies at home: experience in research and clinical cohorts. Archives of disease in childhood, 104(5), 476-481.

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