Parental depressive symptoms and children's sleep: the role of family conflict
Parental depressive symptoms and children's sleep: the role of family conflict
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02530.x
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Wetter, Emily K.
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作者：
El-Sheikh, Mona;Kelly, Ryan J.;Wetter, Emily K.
背景：我们使用多方法和多信息者设计来确定父母抑郁症状导致儿童睡眠问题的发育途径。成人伴侣间冲突和亲子冲突等环境因素被认为是这种关系的过程变量。方法：对268名不同种族、不同社会经济背景的儿童(男性9.44岁，SD=8.61个月)进行调查。孩子们连续7个晚上佩戴活动记录仪，并报告了他们的睡眠问题。结果：母亲抑郁症状水平较高与儿童睡眠/清醒问题有关。父亲抑郁症状水平越高，卧床时间越短，睡眠时间越少。伴侣之间的冲突和亲子冲突是母亲抑郁症状与儿童基于活动和自我报告的睡眠问题之间的关联的影响机制。结论：这些发现建立在缺乏文献的基础上，并强调了确定儿童睡眠问题的风险途径以及家庭和环境影响的重要性。
Background: We used a multi-method and multi-informant design to identify developmental pathways through which parental depressive symptoms contribute to childrens sleep problems. Environmental factors including adult inter-partner conflict and parentchild conflict were considered as process variables of this relation. Methods: An ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of children (n = 268) participated (M age = 9.44 years, SD = 8.61 months). Children wore actigraphs for 7 consecutive nights and also reported on their sleep problems. Results: Higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms were associated with childrens sleep/wake problems. Higher levels of paternal depressive symptoms were associated with shorter time in bed and fewer sleep minutes. Inter-partner conflict and parentchild conflict were mechanisms of effects in the associations between maternal depressive symptoms and childrens actigraphy-based and self-reported sleep problems. Conclusions: Findings build on this scant literature and highlight the importance of identifying pathways of risk and familial and environmental influences on childrens sleep problems.