Daily Dynamics of Parental Sleep Quality and Parenting in Chinese Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Hui Wang, Peiyuan Zhao, Xiaoyi Hu, Zhuo Rachel Han

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Interparental conflict and children's sleep quality in the chinese family context: the serial mediating roles of emotional insecurity and subjective well-being.BMC psychology · 2026
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Hui WangDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0011-8899

Peiyuan ZhaoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai, China.

Xiaoyi HuSchool of Special Education, Education Research Center for Children with ASD, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Outer Street, Beijing, 100875, China. huxiaoyi@bnu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6936-4799

Zhuo Rachel HanBeijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Funding

Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project GD24YXL04National Natural Science Foundation of China 32300891

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Abstract

High sleep quality in parents has been linked to positive parenting outcomes, including reduced parenting stress and increased life satisfaction. However, the daily dynamics of these factors remain underexplored, especially in families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study examined the reciprocal relationships between daily sleep quality, parenting stress, and life satisfaction among parents of children with ASD. Seventy-five Chinese parents (M = 36.21 years, SD = 3.77 years; 57 mothers) of children with ASD (M = 5.43 years, SD = 1.56 years; 67 boys) participated in a 14-day diary study. Parents reported their subjective sleep quality, parenting stress, and life satisfaction at the same time each day across 7 survey questions. Dynamic structural equation modeling revealed two significant autoregressive effects: parents' perceptions of parenting stress and life satisfaction on a given day tended to persist into the following day. Moreover, better-than-average sleep quality on a given night predicted lower parenting stress and higher life satisfaction the next day. However, daytime fluctuations in parenting stress and life satisfaction did not influence sleep quality that night. hese preliminary findings suggest a unidirectional impact of sleep quality on perceived parenting stress and life satisfaction among these parents. Target interventions aimed at improving sleep quality, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or structured sleep hygiene programs, may be essential for reducing parenting stress and enhancing life satisfaction in parents of children with ASD. These interventions should prioritize promoting consistent sleep routines and managing stress-related sleep disruptions.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderParentingParentsPersonal SatisfactionSleep QualityStress, PsychologicalAdultChildChild, PreschoolChinaEast Asian PeopleFemaleHumansMaleParent-Child RelationsSurveys and QuestionnairesAutism spectrum disordersDaily dynamicsLife satisfactionParenting stressParentsSleep quality

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PMID40120016

DOI10.1007/s10803-025-06806-y

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