Children's Sleep and Development: The Role of Family Functioning, Cultural Context, and Body Mass Index

儿童睡眠与发育：家庭功能、文化背景和体重指数的作用

• 批准号: 0623936
• 负责人: Mona El-Sheikh
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-01 至 2008-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0623936&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Children; Sleep; Development; Role; Family

Children's sleep problems have been linked to a wide range of difficulties, including depression, anxiety, conduct problems, and poor school performance. The negative effects of family conflict on children may have some of their influence through impaired sleep. Children who sleep better have less risk for developing problems due to family stressors than those who sleep poorly. Children in lower SES families are at greater risk for sleep problems due to a number of factors, including poorer health care, crowding, and multiple environmental stressors. Childhood obesity is associated with poor sleep and impaired health, and lower SES children are at greater risk for obesity. This project is among the first to study all of these factors in combination over several years. 220 children and their families will participate. Children will wear activity monitors that measure sleep quantity and quality, and will be assessed with measures of cognitive performance and emotion regulation. Parents will complete measures of family stressors, and children's behavioral and emotional problems. Teachers will provide information on school behavior and achievement. The findings will clarify the role of individual and group differences in sleep for children's development and also inform educational and clinical interventions.

儿童的睡眠问题与各种各样的困难有关，包括抑郁、焦虑、行为问题和学习成绩差。 家庭冲突对儿童的负面影响可能会通过睡眠受损产生一些影响。睡眠质量好的孩子比睡眠质量差的孩子因家庭压力而出现问题的风险更小。 低社会经济地位家庭的儿童由于许多因素而面临更大的睡眠问题风险，包括较差的医疗保健，拥挤和多种环境压力。儿童肥胖与睡眠不良和健康受损有关，SES较低的儿童患肥胖症的风险更大。该项目是第一个研究所有这些因素在几年内的组合。 将有220名儿童和他们的家人参加。孩子们将佩戴活动监测器，测量睡眠数量和质量，并将通过认知表现和情绪调节的措施进行评估。父母将完成对家庭压力源以及儿童行为和情绪问题的测量。教师将提供有关学校行为和成就的信息。研究结果将阐明睡眠对儿童发育的个体和群体差异的作用，并为教育和临床干预提供信息。