Parenting and toddler self‐regulation in low‐income families

What does sleep have to do with it

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11276321
AutoresMegan M Julian (0000-0002-1887-8730, Department of Psychiatry Medical School, University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan, autor de correspondencia), Christy Y Y Leung (0000-0002-5995-3186, Center for Human Growth and Development University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan), Katherine Lisa Rosenblum (0000-0001-6952-9672, University of Michigan), Monique K Lebourgeois (0000-0002-7581-5701, Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado), Julie C Lumeng (0000-0002-7898-8210, Center for Human Growth and Development University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan), Niko Kaciroti (0000-0001-8843-8231, Center for Human Growth and Development University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan), A L Miller (0000-0002-9866-0204, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services)
Año2019
Volumen40
Número4
Páginas479-495
Fecha de publicación2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInfant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/imhj.21783
PMID31066463
OpenAlexW2944585621
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas92

Toddlerhood is a sensitive period in the development of self‐regulation, a set of adaptive skills that are fundamental to mental health and partly shaped by parenting. Healthy sleep is known to be critical for self‐regulation; yet, the degree to which child sleep alters interactive child–parent processes remains understudied. This study examines associations between observed parenting and toddler self‐regulation, with toddler sleep as a moderator of this association. Toddlers in low‐income families ( N = 171) and their mothers were videotaped during free play and a self‐regulation challenge task; videos were coded for mothers’ behavior and affect (free play) and toddlers’ self‐regulation (challenge task). Mothers reported their child's nighttime sleep duration via questionnaire. Results revealed significant Sleep × Maternal Negative Affect and Sleep × Maternal Negative Control interactions. Children who did not experience negative parenting had good self‐regulation regardless of their nighttime sleep duration. For children who did experience negative parenting, self‐regulation was intact among those who obtained more nighttime sleep, but significantly poorer among children who were getting less nighttime sleep. Thus, among children who were reported to obtain less nighttime sleep, there were more robust associations between negative parenting and poorer self‐regulation than among toddlers who were reported to obtain more sleep

Developmental psychology · Moderation · Parenting styles · Self-control · Toddler · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Social Psychology