Maternal Sensitivity and Children's Behavior Problems: Examining the Moderating Role of Infant Sleep Duration
Maternal Sensitivity and Children's Behavior Problems: Examining the Moderating Role of Infant Sleep Duration
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DOI：
10.1080/15374416.2012.686101
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Carrier, Julie
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作者：
Bordeleau, Stephanie;Bernier, Annie;Carrier, Julie
本研究旨在通过前瞻性纵向设计，考察婴儿睡眠时间作为母体敏感性与儿童外化和内化症状之间关系的调节因素。55名高加索婴儿(33名女孩)参加了1岁和4岁的两次评估。根据在整个家庭访问中进行的观察，母亲的敏感度被评为1年。婴儿的睡眠时间(即夜间睡眠时间和24小时睡眠时间)也被评估为1年，使用的是母亲填写的睡眠日记。在4岁时，母亲们完成了儿童行为检查表，以评估儿童的内化和外化症状。结果表明，母亲敏感度与婴儿夜间睡眠时间存在交互作用，只有夜间睡眠较多的儿童，其敏感度与随后的内化、外化症状呈负相关。以24小时睡眠时间为调节变量的交互作用不显著。这些发现增加了一篇关于睡眠对儿童白天功能重要性的新兴文献，表明婴儿期睡眠不足或不足会干扰正常的发育过程，将早期母亲的敏感性与儿童随后的情绪和行为调整联系起来。
The current study aimed to examine infant sleep duration as a moderator of the relations between maternal sensitivity and child externalizing and internalizing symptoms, in a prospective longitudinal design. Fifty-five Caucasian infants (33 girls) took part in 2 assessments, at 1 and 4 years. Maternal sensitivity was rated at 1 year, based on observations performed throughout a home visit. Infant sleep duration (i.e., night-time sleep duration and 24-hr sleep duration) was assessed at 1 year as well, using a sleep diary completed by mothers. At 4 years, mothers completed the Child Behavior Checklist to assess children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Results indicated that maternal sensitivity interacted with infant nighttime sleep duration, such that there were negative relations between sensitivity and subsequent internalizing and externalizing symptoms only for children who slept more at night. Interactions using 24-hr sleep duration as the moderator were not significant. These findings add to an emerging literature on the importance of sleep for children's daytime functioning by suggesting that inadequate or insufficient sleep in infancy can interfere with the normal developmental process linking early maternal sensitivity to child subsequent emotional and behavioral adjustment.