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Children's emotional security and sleep: longitudinal relations and directions of effects.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20500540     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Background:  We examined longitudinal relations between children's sleep and their emotional security in the mother-child, father-child, and parental marital relationships, with the goal of explicating the direction of association over time. Gender-related effects were also examined. Method:  Sleep duration was examined through actigraphy, and sleep quality was assessed via both actigraphy and self-reports. Children were in 3rd (T1) and 5th (T2) grades. The sample was composed of 78 boys and 98 girls at T1, and 62 boys and 80 girls at T2. Results:  Security in the child-mother, child-father, and marital relationships at T1 were predictive of sleep problems two years later even after controlling for children's sleep at T1. Conclusions:  Collectively, results were more supportive of security predicting sleep parameters than the other direction of effects. Results highlight the important associations between family functioning and children's sleep, and extend the literature through the longitudinal design.
Authors:
Peggy Keller; Mona El-Sheikh
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines     Volume:  52     ISSN:  1469-7610     ISO Abbreviation:  J Child Psychol Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375361     Medline TA:  J Child Psychol Psychiatry     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  64-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2010 The Authors. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. © 2010 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, USA Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University, USA.
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