Nightmares In Preschoolers Are Less Prevalent, Trait-Like And Associated With Personality

Bad dreams in pre-schoolers are less prevalent than thought. However, when they do exist, nightmares are trait-like in nature and associated with personality characteristics measured as early as five months, according to a study published in the January 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

The study, led by Valerie Simard, under the direction of Tore Nielsen, PhD, of the University of Montreal, sampled 987 children in the Province of Quebec, who were assessed by their parents at the 29-month, 41-month, 50-month, five-year and six-year mark.

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Nightmares are the disturbances or bad dreams which occur in the sleep during night times.

There is no particular age limit to get nightmares. This problem can be seen in small children as well as in older people. Usually this problem of nightmares will be mostly seen in the children who are aged above 6.

Out of 100%, 45% of the children who are aged above six will be suffering with this problem of nightmares in their sleep time. There are no gender feelings for nightmares; these can be seen both in boys and girls.

The latest research has proved that 10% to 50% of the children who are aged between 3 to 5 years will have severe night mares. Mostly the parents of these children will be disturbed a lot at by their children at night time due to their fear or tension obtained from nightmares.

This problem will be automatically reduced in most of the children who are aged above 10 years except some of them.

For some people it will be continued as a lifelong problem which cannot be solved forever even though all preventive measures have been taken to reduce it. This situation occurs very rarely and you cannot expect the occurrence of this situation in all aspects.

The children who are suffering with the problem of nightmares in their sleep during nights look restless through out the day and they tend to cry more often for the simple or silly things.

As a parent, you may feel difficult to calm them down and make them feel happy immediately, because the fear or tension which was created in nightmare will not make them to feel happy with in short period of time.

You should be available whenever your child experiences nightmare to soothe him. Calm your child and sit with your child until your child goes back to sleep again. [Controlling Nightmares]