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Identifying Modifiable Factors Linking Parenting and Sleep in Racial/Ethnic Minority Children

Lauren C Daniel1, Jessica L Childress1, Jamie L Flannery1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Rutgers University - Camden.

Journal of Pediatric Psychology
|May 25, 2020
PubMed

Insights

Reducing household chaos can improve child sleep health, especially for minority children. Parenting skills and routines targeting chaos may enhance sleep interventions for young children at risk of poor sleep outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Child Development

Background:

  • Young children from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds are disproportionately affected by poor sleep.
  • Few behavioral interventions for child sleep have been tested in diverse populations.
  • Understanding mediators of child sleep is crucial for developing effective interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine household chaos, caregiver sleep knowledge, and caregiver sleep quality as mediators between parenting skills and child sleep.
  • To inform the development of targeted interventions for children at risk of poor sleep outcomes.
  • To investigate factors contributing to pediatric insomnia and sleep health.

Main Methods:

  • 119 caregivers of 1- to 5-year-old children completed measures of parenting, child/caregiver sleep, household chaos, and sleep knowledge.
  • Indices for pediatric insomnia symptoms and sleep health were created.
  • Ordinary least squares path analysis was used to conduct parallel mediation models.

Main Results:

  • Lower household chaos significantly mediated the association between positive parenting skills and better child sleep health.
  • Caregiver sleep knowledge was linked to sleep health, and caregiver sleep quality was linked to pediatric insomnia, independent of parenting skills.
  • No significant mediators were found for pediatric insomnia symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Interventions to improve early childhood sleep may benefit from targeting parenting skills and household routines to reduce chaos.
  • Reducing household chaos is a promising strategy for enhancing child sleep health in at-risk populations.
  • Further longitudinal research is needed to confirm the role of household chaos and other mediators in child sleep outcomes.
Abstract

Keywords:
disparitiesearly childhoodhousehold chaosinsomniamediatorsparentingsleep

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