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Night terrors typically occur in children between the ages of three and twelve years, with a peak onset in children aged three and a half years old. [18] An estimated 1–6% of children experience night terrors. Children of both sexes and all ethnic backgrounds are affected equally. [18]
The prevalence of nightmares in children (5–12 years old) is between 20 and 30%, and for adults between 8 and 30%. [4] In common language, the meaning of nightmare has extended as a metaphor to many bad things, such as a bad situation or a scary monster or person.
In a study reported by Child and Adolescent Mental Health, parents filled out a questionnaire regarding common origins of phobias. In this study of 50 hydrophobic children around the mean age of 5½ the results were as follows: [2] 2% of parents linked their child's phobia to a direct conditioning episode.
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Unfortunately, nightmares are the dreams you are more likely to remember. When you eat, your metabolism revs up to digest the food, and in turn causes your body temperature to rise.
Stranger fear is less likely in older children (i.e. at least six years old) since there is a greater readiness for them to accept behavioral information from outside the family. [12] However, studies show that older children do exhibit increased anxiety to new threats and avoidant responses following discussion with parents. [ 13 ]
Evans and Lee [6] investigated the importance of lying in 2- to 3-year-old children. This was the first experiment to examine the development of a child's early spontaneous verbal deceptive behaviors and how their cognitive skills relate. Forty-one 2-year-olds and twenty-four 3-year-olds participated in the experiment.