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dc.contributor.authorTyler, Dione
dc.contributor.authorDonovan, Caroline L
dc.contributor.authorScupham, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorShiels, Amy L
dc.contributor.authorWeaver, Shelly A
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-15T04:34:58Z
dc.date.available2019-07-15T04:34:58Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1062-1024
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10826-019-01429-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/386414
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Research examining factors contributing to preschool sleep problems is limited. This study investigated the mediating role of parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive parenting) in the relationship between parental psychological distress and sleep problems in young children. Methods: Participants were parents of 232 young children aged three to five years. Parents completed the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, the Parenting Style and Dimensions Questionnaire—Short Version, and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale. Results: Only permissive parenting was found to significantly mediate the relationship between parental distress and preschool sleep problems (indirect effect = 0.16, p < 0.01), with a significant direct effect of parental psychological distress on child sleep problems (0.16, p < 0.01) also being present. Authoritarian and authoritative parenting were found to be unrelated to child sleep problems. Conclusions: These findings suggest that augmenting treatment programs for preschool sleep problems with strategies targeting parental distress and permissive parenting where required, may be beneficial in improving preschool sleep problems.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2098
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2106
dc.relation.ispartofissue8
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Child and Family Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.subject.fieldofresearchChild and adolescent development
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleYoung Children’s Sleep Problems: The Impact of Parental Distress and Parenting Style
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDonovan, Caroline L.


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