title: A Developmental Cascade Model of Behavioral Sleep Problems and Emotional and Attentional Self-Regulation Across Early Childhood.
abstract: This article documents the longitudinal and reciprocal relations among behavioral sleep problems and emotional and attentional self-regulation in a population sample of 4,109 children participating in Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC)-Infant Cohort. Maternal reports of children's sleep problems and self-regulation were collected at five time-points from infancy to 8-9 years of age. Longitudinal structural equation modeling supported a developmental cascade model in which sleep problems have a persistent negative effect on emotional regulation, which in turn contributes to ongoing sleep problems and poorer attentional regulation in children over time. Findings suggest that sleep behaviors are a key target for interventions that aim to improve children's self-regulatory capacities.
authors.affiliation: a School of Early Childhood , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Australia.
authors.forename: Kate E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: a School of Early Childhood , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Australia.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berthelsen
authors.affiliation: a School of Early Childhood , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Australia.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: b Judith Lumley Centre , LaTrobe University , Melbourne , Australia.
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nicholson
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D000066553:Problem Behavior; D000068356:Self-Control; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000523:psychology*