Bedtime routines in early childhood: prevalence, consistency, and associations with nighttime sleep.
Bedtime routines in early childhood: prevalence, consistency, and associations with nighttime sleep.
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幼儿期的就寝时间:普遍性、一致性以及与夜间睡眠的关联。
DOI:
10.1111/mono.12149
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
9.5
通讯作者:
Petersen,IsaacT
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作者:
Staples,AngelaD;Bates,JohnE;Petersen,IsaacT
The ability to transition from wakefulness to sleep is one of the most important tasks in the development of sleep during early childhood. Although establishing regular bedtime routines for children with sleep problems can be clinically effective in reducing the number of signaled night awakenings and increasing amount of sleep, it is unclear whether a regular bedtime routine would be associated with either the frequency of signaled night awakenings or nightly sleep minutes in a nonclinical sample of children. This study examined the role of a regular bedtime routine on the development of sleep regulation and consolidation in a community sample of young children. Adherence to a bedtime routine was concurrently associated with a greater amount of nightly sleep at 36 and 42 months. In addition, adherence to a bedtime routine predicted an increase in nightly sleep minutes over a 6‐month period. Finally, this study demonstrated that adherence to a bedtime routine was particularly supportive of developmental gains for children of mothers who used consistent parenting practices during the day.