Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Household Income in Relation to Sleep in Early Childhood

Jong, Desiree M. de; Cremone, Amanda; Kurdziel, Laura B. F.; Desrochers, Phillip C.; LeBourgeois, Monique K.; Sayer, Aline G.; Ertel, Karen A.; Spencer, Rebecca M. C.

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsw006

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“…Consistent with previous research, parent psychosocial factors, including depressive symptoms (53,54) and perceived stress (55,56) , were associated with higher risk of child food insecurity (Table 1) and poorer child sleep quality (see online supplementary material, Supplemental Table S1). Building on previous research examining a potential relationship between parenting and food insecurity (31,57) , we found a positive relationship between parenting selfefficacy and both food insecurity and poorer child sleep quality.…”

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Food insecurity is associated with suboptimal sleep quality, but not sleep duration, among low-income Head Start children of pre-school age

Eagleton

Jomaa

et al. 2019

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective:To examine the association between food insecurity and child sleep outcomes and to investigate whether parent psychosocial factors mediate such associations.Design:Cross-sectional study. Usual wake time and bedtime, bedtime routine and sleep quality were reported by parents using the adapted Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire. Food insecurity was assessed using the eighteen-item US Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Module. Parent psychosocial factors, including perceived stress, parenting self-efficacy and depressive symptomology, were assessed using validated scales. Multivariable logistic regression models were performed to determine the association between food insecurity and sleep outcomes controlling for potential confounders. Mediation analyses and Sobel tests were applied to test the mediating effect of psychosocial factors.Setting:Head Start pre-school classrooms in four regions across central Pennsylvania, USA.Participants:Low-income children of pre-school age (n 362) and their caregivers.Results:Prevalence of household, adult and child food insecurity was 37·3, 31·8 and 17·7 %, respectively. Food security status at any level was not associated with child sleep duration or bedtime routine. Child food insecurity, but not household or adult food insecurity, was associated with 2·25 times increased odds (95 % CI 1·11, 4·55) of poor child sleep quality in the adjusted model. Perceived stress, self-efficacy and depressive symptomology mediated less than 2 % of the observed effect (all Sobel test P > 0·6).Conclusion:Food insecurity, particularly at the child level, is a potential modifiable risk factor for reducing sleep-related health disparities in early childhood. Future studies are needed to explore the plausible mechanisms underlying the associations between food insecurity and adverse child sleep outcomes.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Food insecurity is associated with suboptimal sleep quality, but not sleep duration, among low-income Head Start children of pre-school age

Eagleton

Jomaa

et al. 2019

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“…Participants were 19 children aged 36-70 months (M age = 57 months, SD = 10; 5 females) and their caregivers. Participants were recruited from a pool of families in western Massachusetts who 1) had participated in one of our prior studies before the pandemic (within the past 12 months) and 2) had >3 days actigraphy data (25,26), and 3) had consented to be contacted again for future studies. To be eligible, children were required to have no diagnosis of a sleep disorder or developmental disability, not be using sleep-affecting medications, have normal or corrected-to-normal vision, and have no recent illness or travel across time zones.…”

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Sleep and Coping in Early Childhood During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Sleep disturbances in early childhood are associated with mood and anxiety disorders. Children also exhibit sleep disruptions, such as nighttime awakenings, nightmares, and difficulties falling asleep, in conjunction with adverse events and stress. Prior studies have examined independently the role of sleep on adaptive processing, as well as the effects of stress on sleep. However, how childhood sleep and children's adaptive behavior (i.e., coping strategies) bidirectionally interact is currently less known. Using a within-subjects design and actigraphy-measured sleep from 16 preschool-aged children (Mage = 56.4 months, SD = 10.8, range: 36–70 months), this study investigated how prior sleep patterns relate to children's coping during a potentially stressful event, the COVID-19 pandemic, and how prior coping skills may influence children's sleep during the pandemic. Children who woke earlier had greater negative expression both before and during the pandemic. During the pandemic, children slept longer and woke later on average compared to before the pandemic. Additionally, for children engaged in at-home learning, sleeping longer was associated with less negative expression. These findings highlight how sleep behaviors and coping strategies are related, and the stability of this relationship under stress.

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“…In addition, mothers’ perceptions of higher social support and fathers’ reports of less parenting stress and higher marital satisfaction predicted more advanced sleep consolidation (sleeping for longer bouts of uninterrupted sleep at night) among young children (11). Finally, illustrating the influential role of parents’ well-being, parents’ depressive symptoms were associated with sleep problems among children (12, 13). …”

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Family Functioning and Children's Sleep

El‐Sheikh

Kelly²

2017

Child Dev Perspectives

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Sleep is a pivotal correlate and predictor of many domains of child development, including socioemotional adjustment, physical health, and cognitive functioning. The family plays a major role in shaping children’s sleep–wake behaviors, and developmental research on children’s sleep in a family context is on the rise. As in any relatively young field, many gaps and questions remain. In this article, we aim to advance this literature by illustrating ways to examine the interconnections between family functioning and children’s sleep. We also call for increasing conceptual developments and testing of transactional models, using well-established and psychometrically sound objective and subjective measures, and expanding both the family functioning domains and sleep parameters assessed.

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Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Household Income in Relation to Sleep in Early Childhood

Cited by 31 publications

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Food insecurity is associated with suboptimal sleep quality, but not sleep duration, among low-income Head Start children of pre-school age

Food insecurity is associated with suboptimal sleep quality, but not sleep duration, among low-income Head Start children of pre-school age

Sleep and Coping in Early Childhood During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Family Functioning and Children's Sleep

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