Relationship Between Child and Maternal Sleep: A Developmental and Cross-Cultural Comparison.
The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between young children's sleep and maternal sleep from both a developmental and a cross-cultural perspective. Mothers of 10,085 young children completed the Brief Infant/Child Sleep Questionnaire and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Overall, there were significant relationships between maternal and child sleep for bedtime, waketime, number of night wakings, and total nighttime sleep time across ages and cultures, although these relationships were stronger with younger children than preschool-aged children. Mothers report that their child's sleep pattern significantly impacts their sleep and daytime function, and they do not feel confident in managing their child's sleep pattern. Thus, interventions to improve children's sleep and develop good sleep habits, especially in early childhood, are likely to improve the quality of life of the whole family.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Saint Joseph's University, jmindell@sju.edu.
Jodi A
JA
Mindell
School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
Avi
A
Sadeh
Johnson & Johnson Asia Pacific, Division of Johnson & Johnson Pte, Ltd., and.
Robert
R
Kwon
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
Daniel Y T
DY
Goh
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000208:ethnology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*
child; cross-cultural; infant; maternal; mother; sleep