延长睡眠时间的行为干预导致学龄儿童更大的自我控制
Andrea M Spaeth1, Nicola L Hawley2, Mary A Carskadon3
1Department of Kinesiology and Health, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
概括
行为睡眠干预通过增加儿童的总睡眠时间 (TST) 来改善儿童的自我控制. 这项研究强调了睡眠健康对于提高学龄儿童自我控制的重要性.
科学领域:
- 儿科睡眠医学 儿科睡眠医学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 短暂的睡眠时间和夜间时间类型与儿童自我控制能力的降低有关.
- 有限的研究已经探索了延长睡眠在改善儿童自我控制方面的有效性.
- 这项研究调查了睡眠延长对自我控制的影响,作为行为睡眠干预的二次分析.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定提高儿童睡眠时间的行为睡眠干预是否也提高了他们的自我控制.
- 根据儿童的时间型来探索干预效应的潜在差异.
主要方法:
- 67名睡眠时间短 (<9.5小时) 的儿童 (8-11岁) 被随机分配到睡眠干预或对照组.
- 这项干预旨在在8周内,每晚增加1-1.5小时的睡眠时间.
- 通过照顾者报告的自我控制评分表 (SCRS) 测量自我控制,并通过动图测量总睡眠时间 (TST).
主要成果:
- 睡眠干预组的儿童TST显著增加,SCRS得分有所改善,表明自我控制能力提高.
- 对照组在TST或SCRS得分上没有显著变化.
- 基线晚间时间型和较短的TST与护理人员报告的自我控制水平较低有关.
结论:
- 一个简短的行为睡眠干预有效地增加了总睡眠时间,并改善了护理人员报告的学龄儿童的自我控制.
- 这些发现强调了充足的睡眠在发展和维持自我控制的关键作用.
- 睡眠健康是儿童整体福祉的重要组成部分.
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