Child Eveningness as a Predictor of Parental Sleep
Child eveningness has been associated with many adverse outcomes for children. The aim of this study was to assess whether child eveningness poses a risk to parental sleep quality in follow-up. A total of 146 children (57% adopted, 47% boys, mean age at follow-up 5.1 years [standard deviation 1.7])...
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| author | Hanni Rönnlund Marko Elovainio Irina Virtanen Anna-Riitta Heikkilä Hanna Raaska Helena Lapinleimu |
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| description | Child eveningness has been associated with many adverse outcomes for children. The aim of this study was to assess whether child eveningness poses a risk to parental sleep quality in follow-up. A total of 146 children (57% adopted, 47% boys, mean age at follow-up 5.1 years [standard deviation 1.7]) completed a 1-week actigraph recording to analyze their sleep twice, 1 year apart. The parents completed the Child ChronoType Questionnaire for their child and a short version of the Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire for themselves and the Jenkins Sleep Scale for their sleep quality. Linear regression analyses showed that subjective parental sleeping problems at baseline were associated with subjective parental sleeping problems at follow-up. A morning-type child decreased the risk of parental sleeping problems at the 1-year follow-up compared to the child evening chronotype. Additionally, the child intermediate chronotype decreased the risk of maternal sleeping problems at the 1-year follow-up compared to the evening chronotype of the child. Parents of evening-type children experienced more sleeping problems in the follow-up, compared to parents of morning-type children. This finding encourages parents and professionals to steer the diurnal rhythm of evening-type children toward an earlier daily routine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef89a31dc1aa44e39fb198b5640333ee2023-11-24T14:02:49ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-12-01912196810.3390/children9121968Child Eveningness as a Predictor of Parental SleepHanni Rönnlund0Marko Elovainio1Irina Virtanen2Anna-Riitta Heikkilä3Hanna Raaska4Helena Lapinleimu5Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, FinlandDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Clinical Neurophysiology, Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, FinlandDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Child Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, 00029 Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, FinlandChild eveningness has been associated with many adverse outcomes for children. The aim of this study was to assess whether child eveningness poses a risk to parental sleep quality in follow-up. A total of 146 children (57% adopted, 47% boys, mean age at follow-up 5.1 years [standard deviation 1.7]) completed a 1-week actigraph recording to analyze their sleep twice, 1 year apart. The parents completed the Child ChronoType Questionnaire for their child and a short version of the Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire for themselves and the Jenkins Sleep Scale for their sleep quality. Linear regression analyses showed that subjective parental sleeping problems at baseline were associated with subjective parental sleeping problems at follow-up. A morning-type child decreased the risk of parental sleeping problems at the 1-year follow-up compared to the child evening chronotype. Additionally, the child intermediate chronotype decreased the risk of maternal sleeping problems at the 1-year follow-up compared to the evening chronotype of the child. Parents of evening-type children experienced more sleeping problems in the follow-up, compared to parents of morning-type children. This finding encourages parents and professionals to steer the diurnal rhythm of evening-type children toward an earlier daily routine.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/12/1968chronotypemorningnesseveningnesssleepchildparent |
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| title | Child Eveningness as a Predictor of Parental Sleep |
| title_full | Child Eveningness as a Predictor of Parental Sleep |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Child Eveningness as a Predictor of Parental Sleep |
| title_short | Child Eveningness as a Predictor of Parental Sleep |
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