ArticleSleep health2022
A 1-year longitudinal study of the stress, sleep, and parenting of mothers of toddlers.
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- Daily Dynamics of Parental Sleep Quality and Parenting in Chinese Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
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- Complementary feeding and caregiver sleep: findings from a representative survey in Chongqing, China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Parent Stress and Trauma, Autonomic Responses, and Negative Child Behaviors.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Article
- Maternal Differentiation of Self and Toddlers' Sleep: The Mediating Role of Nighttime Involvement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Child Eveningness as a Predictor of Parental Sleep.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe present study, building on cross-sectional research showing links between mothers' sleep, stress, and parenting, used a longitudinal design to consider (1) the temporal direction of links between mothers' sleep and stress, (2) whether mother sleep deficits predict change in parenting across time, and (3) whether mother sleep deficits mediate the inverse association between stress and positive parenting.
designThe study used repeated measures of stress, mother sleep, and positive parenting at toddler ages 30, 36, and 42 months.
settingData were collected at 2 sites, one in the Midwest and one in the East.
participantsFour hundred thirteen mother-toddler pairs were followed. Mothers were mostly married, college educated, and middle class, but there was also considerable variability between families. MEASUREMENTS: Stress was measured via parenting hassles, CHAOS, and role overload scales. Mother sleep was measured via actigraphy. Positive parenting was observed during the bedtime routine and rated using the HOME scale and other items.
resultsMother stress and sleep were inextricably linked across toddlerhood, and worse sleep was predictive of less observed positive parenting, even when controlling for prior levels of stress and parenting.
conclusionsImproving mothers' sleep may be important in efforts to improve their parenting.
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