UCDD Research Publications
Botts, B. H., Evans, W. E., Sweeney, D. P., & Hoffman, C. D. (submitted). Predictive and mediational relationships between stereotyped behavior, maternal stress, and family quality of life in families affected by autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral Disorders.
Botts, B. H., Evans, W. E., Sweeney, D. P., & Hoffman, C. D. (submitted) Relationship of stereotyped behavior, maternal stress, and family quality of life in families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities.
Hodge, D., Carollo, T. M., Lewin, M., Hoffman, C. D., & Sweeney, D. P. (2014). Sleep patterns in children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders: Developmental comparisons. Research in Developmental Disabilities 35, 1631–1638.
Hodge, D., Hoffman, C. D., Sweeney, D., & Riggs, M. L. (2013). Relationship between children’s sleep and mental health in mothers of children with and without autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(4), 956-963.
Tudor, M. E., Hoffman, C. D., & Sweeney, D. P. (2013). Children with autism: Sleep problems and symptom severity. Focus on Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities. 2743), pp. 254-262.
Hodge, D., Parnell, A. M. N., Hoffman, C. D., & Sweeney, D. P. (2012). Methods for assessing sleep in children with autism spectrum disorders: A review. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6, pp. 1337-1344.
Hodge, D., Hoffman, C. D., & Sweeney, D. P. (2011). Increased psychopathology in parents of children with autism: Genetic liability or burden of caring? Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. 23, pp. 227-239.
Hoffman, C. D., Sweeney, D. P., Hodge, D., Lopez-Wagner, M. C., & Looney, L. (2009). Parenting stress and closeness: Mothers of typically developing children and mothers of children with autism. Focus on Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities. 24(3), pp. 178-187.
Lopez-Wagner, M. C., Hoffman, C. D., Sweeney, D. P., Hodge, D., & Gilliam, J. E. (2008). Sleep problems of parents of typically developing children and parents of children with autism. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 169(3), pp. 245-259.
Hoffman, C. D., Sweeney, D. P., Lopez-Wagner, M. C., Hodge, D., Nam, C. Y., & Botts, B. H. (2008). Children with autism: Sleep problems and mothers’ stress. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders, 23(3), pp. 155-165.
Hoffman, C. D., Sweeney, D. P., Gilliam, J. E., & Lopez-Wagner, M. C. (2006). Sleep problems in children with autism and in typically developing children. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders, 21(3), pp. 146-152.
Hoffman, C. D., Sweeney, D. P., Gilliam, J. E., Apodaca, D. D., Lopez-Wagner, M. C., & Castillo, M. M. (2005). Sleep problems and symptomology in children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders, 20(4), pp. 194-200.
Sweeney, D. P., & Hoffman, C. D. (2004). Research issues in Autism Spectrum Disorders. In R. B. Rutherford, M. M. Quinn, & S. R. Mathur (Eds.), Handbook of research in emotional and behavioral disorders, (pp. 302-317). New York: Guildford.
Sweeney, D. P., Hoffman, C. D., Ashwal, S., Downey, R., & Stoltz, H. (2003, August). Sleep problems in children with autism. Exceptional Parent, 86-88.
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