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ArticleBrain sciences2020

The Association between Diurnal Sleep Patterns and Emotions in Infants and Toddlers Attending Nursery.

Valeria Bacaro, Bernd Feige, Fee Benz, Anna F Johann, Paola De Bartolo, Alessandra Devoto, Caterina Lombardo, Dieter Riemann, Chiara Baglioni

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Article in Brain sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sleep habits and sleep disorders in Italian children and adolescents: a cross-sectional survey.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Valeria BacaroDepartment of Human Sciences, University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Via Plinio, 44, 00193 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2376-3513
Bernd FeigeDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Faculty of Medicine. Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9436-1258
Fee BenzDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Faculty of Medicine. Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8394-9179
Anna F JohannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Faculty of Medicine. Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Paola De BartoloDepartment of Human Sciences, University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Via Plinio, 44, 00193 Roma, Italy.
Alessandra DevotoCentre for Sleep Medicine, 00147 Rome, Italy.
Caterina LombardoDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5245-1757
Dieter RiemannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Faculty of Medicine. Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Chiara BaglioniDepartment of Human Sciences, University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Via Plinio, 44, 00193 Roma, Italy.
University of Freiburg · DEMarconi University · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildcare programs often include mandatory naptime during the day. Loss of daytime sleep could lead to a moderate-to-large decrease in self-regulation, emotion processing, and learning in early childhood. Nevertheless, daytime sleep has been less accurately studied than nighttime sleep. This study aims to explore the relationship between diurnal sleep habits in nursery settings, nocturnal sleep quality, and post-nap emotional intensity in infants and toddlers.

methodsData of 92 children (52 girls, 40 boys) aged 6 to 36 months were obtained. Sleep habits as well as positive and negative emotions were monitored by educators during nursery times through a sleep and emotion diary for two weeks.

resultsExplorative analyses showed that diurnal sleep hours decreased across age groups (except for females aged 25-36 months) and that all age groups had a lower amount of nocturnal sleep than is recommended by the National Sleep Foundation. Partial correlation analysis showed significant correlation between daytime sleep onset latency and positive emotions. Mediation analyses showed that daytime napping is relevant for emotional functioning independently of nocturnal sleep quality.

conclusionsDaytime sleep in early childhood seems to be linked to the management of positive and negative emotions and could play a role in healthy development of emotional processes.

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diurnal sleepinfancynegative emotionsnurserypositive emotionssleeptoddlerhood

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PMID33266392
PMCPMC7700447
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