治疗幼儿睡眠问题:一项基于小组,以家长为重点的行为睡眠干预的随机对照试验
Caroline L Donovan1, Amy Shiels1, Melissa Legg1
1School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, QLD, Australia.
Behaviour research and therapy
|July 8, 2023
概括
一个以家长为重点的行为干预 (BI) 显著改善了学前儿童的睡眠,焦虑和行为症状. 这些睡眠改善调解了其他积极结果,尽管学业成绩没有受到影响.
科学领域:
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
背景情况:
- 睡眠问题在学龄前儿童中很常见,可以影响行为和情绪调节.
- 父母干预是解决童年行为和情感困难的关键策略.
- 早期干预对于儿童的长期发展和学业准备至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估基于小组的,以家长为重点的行为干预 (BI) 对学前睡眠问题的有效性.
- 评估干预对儿童焦虑,行为问题和内化/外化症状的影响.
- 确定干预对睡眠的影响是否会改善其他儿童的结果,并影响学校过渡/学业成绩.
主要方法:
- 随机对照试验比较行为干预 (BI) 与照顾通常 (CAU).
- 参与者:128名患有睡眠问题的学前儿童,随机分为BI (N=62) 或CAU (N=66) 组.
- 在干预前,干预后和学校第一年期间的两次后续评估.
主要成果:
- 与干预前后的CAU相比,BI组在睡眠,焦虑,行为问题和内化/外化症状方面表现出显著更大的改善.
- 干预后睡眠的改善促进了焦虑的改善,并在随访时内化和外化症状.
- 在学校过渡或学术成果方面,没有观察到群体之间的显著差异.
结论:
- 专注于父母的行为干预 (BI) 有效改善学龄前儿童的睡眠,焦虑和行为症状.
- 由BI产生的睡眠改善在增强情绪和行为调节方面起着调解作用.
- 该BI似乎没有显著影响学校过渡或学术成果.
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