Parenting and maternal reported child sleep problems in infancy predict school-age aggression and inattention

Propper, Cathi B.; McLaughlin, Kirsten; Goldblum, Jessica; Camerota, Marie; Gueron‐Sela, Noa; Mills‐Koonce, W. Roger; Wagner, Nicholas J.

doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2021.11.010

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“…In their study of night-time sleep quality at 12 months, Bernier and colleagues [ 20 ] found that parent-reported sleep was linked to executive functioning and working memory in early childhood. However, more recently Propper et al [ 21 ] found no link between parent-reported sleep quality at 18 months and later teacher reported problems of attention in the early school years (though a link was observed for aggression).…”

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Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report Study

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The current study explored the potential influence of infant sleep, measured by parental report and actigraphy, and family functioning on attention development using eye tracking. The use of actigraphy in parallel with parental report, has the advantage of measuring participant’s sleep throughout the night without parental observation and the ability to objectively assess sleep quality. An eye-tracking version of the Gap-Overlap task was used to measure visual attention. Questionnaires and behavioural assessment were used to assess family function, and general cognitive development. Fifty infants (Mean age = 13.44 months, SD = 3.10) participated in the study, 23 of which had full final datasets. Results show that daytime sleep duration, as measured by parental report, and proportion of light sleep at night, as measured by actigraphy, are linked to visual attention. A higher proportion of light sleep, a marker of poorer sleep quality, and less daytime sleep were negatively linked with facilitation and disengagement on the Gap-Overlap task. Family functioning was not associated with attention. The results provide initial evidence that in addition to the amount of daytime sleep; quality of night-time sleep as measured by proportion of light sleep, is a potentially useful sleep variable which requires further focus in the study of attention development.

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confidence: 99%