3.3. Changes in avoidant behaviors
Our second hypothesis was that children’s avoidant nighttime
behaviors would significantly decrease upon completion of treatment.
We used inability to sleep in own bed through the night as a
measure of avoidant behavior. Fig. 1 reports the number of nights
each children slept in their own bed from baseline to follow-up.
Mean at baseline was 2.14 nights per week and increased to 5.2
nights per week by the end of treatment. One child did not evidence
any change innumberof nights slept inownbed; however, it should
be noted that this child did show a decrease in the ADIS ratings
and the family reported significant progress in nighttime behaviors
over the course of the treatment. Fig. 1 displays the number of
nights slept in own bed over time.