The Relationship Between Parental Accommodation and Sleep-Related Problems in Children with Anxiety
| Autor: | Lydia Chevalier, Lindsay E. Holly, David A. Langer, Erin E. O'Connor, Donna B. Pincus |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Parents Sleep Wake Disorders Adolescent Population Specialty Anxiety 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child education Developmental stage education.field_of_study business.industry 05 social sciences Physical health Anxiety Disorders Sleep in non-human animals Checklist Psychiatry and Mental health Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom Sleep Psychology business Accommodation 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 42:114-121 |
| ISSN: | 0196-206X |
| Popis: | Objective Sleep-related problems, defined as sleep patterns atypical for the child's developmental stage, are common in children with elevated anxiety symptoms and linked to significant mental and physical health consequences. Despite the consequences of sleep-related problems, it remains unclear how these problems are initiated and maintained in children with elevated anxiety symptoms. The current study examines the relationship between sleep-related problems and parental accommodation (e.g., co-sleeping) to determine whether higher levels of accommodation are associated with more frequent sleep-related problems in a sample of children with elevated anxiety symptoms. Methods Participants were 122 children aged 8 to 17 years old (M = 11.97, SD = 2.68; 57% female) and their parents who presented to a university-based anxiety specialty clinic for assessment and treatment. Children completed the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, and their parents completed the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire and Family Accommodation Checklist and Interference Scale. Multiple regression analyses were performed to examine variance in sleep-related problems explained by parental accommodation. Results Parental accommodation accounted for a significant amount of variance in sleep-related problems over and above child anxiety and age for both mother report (19%) and father report (15%). When individual accommodation items were examined, parental sleep accommodations (e.g., slept in my child's bed) and nonsleep accommodations (e.g., came home early) were significant predictors for mother-reported sleep-related problems, but only sleep accommodations (e.g., let my child sleep with the lights on) were significant for father-reported sleep-related problems. Conclusion Parents of children with elevated anxiety symptoms and sleep-related problems engage in accommodation related to their child's sleep (e.g., co-sleeping). Future research elucidating the potential bidirectional and causal links between parental accommodation and sleep-related problems is a necessary step in adapting sleep treatments for this population. |
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