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Longitudinal Study of Preschool Sleep Disturbance: The Predictive Role of Maladaptive Parental Behaviors, Early Sleep Problems, and Child/Mother Psychological Factors

Simard, Valérie, Nielsen, Tore A., Tremblay, Richard E., Boivin, Michel, Montplaisir, Jacques Y.·2008·Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
DOI 10.1001/archpedi.162.4.360
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Objective To determine if maladaptive parental behaviors (at age 29-41 months) and mother/child psychological characteristics predict future sleep disturbances in 50-month-old to 6-year-old preschoolers, while controlling for early (age 5-17 months) sleep and sociodemographic factors. Design Randomized survey; children assessed annually from 5 months to 6 years of age. Setting Participants' homes. Participants Representative sample of 987 children born in the province of Quebec, Canada, in 1997-1998. Main outcome measures Questionnaires and interview, including responses from 7 points for 3 key dependent measures: bad dreams (BD), total sleep time (TST) less than 10 hours/night, and sleep-onset latency (SOL) of 15 minutes or more. Results Early (age 5-17 months) sleep disturbances predicted maladaptive parental behaviors (eg, mother present at sleep onset, giving food/drink after child awakens) at ages 29 and 41 months. Some parental behaviors in turn predicted future BD, TST less than 10 hours/night, and SOL of 15 minutes or more. However, most relationships did not remain significant in adjusted models that controlled for early sleep problems. Bad dreams were predicted by psychological variables (child's anxiety, mother's feeling of efficacy), as was TST (child's difficult temperament and anxiety, mother's depressive symptoms). However, SOL of 15 minutes or more was predicted by several parental behaviors even in adjusted models; cosleeping after awakenings was a risk facto…

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Authors
Simard, V., Nielsen, T. A., Tremblay, R. E., Boivin, M., & Montplaisir, J. Y.
Affiliations
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (CA)
ORCID
Venue
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Published
2008-04-01
Volume
162
Issue
4
Pages
360
ISSN
1072-4710 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.162.4.360
OpenAlex
W2131206566
Cited by
88
References
35
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Infant Health and Development
Keywords
co-sleeping, sleep latency, total sleep time, nightmares, childhood anxiety, maternal depressive symptoms, maternal self-efficacy, child temperament, self-regulation, longitudinal development
MeSH terms
Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Maternal Behavior, Mother-Child Relations, Quebec, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep Wake Disorders, Logistic Models

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