ABSTRACT

Lower socioeconomic status is related to sleep/wake problems in early childhood, however, the effects are not uniform and there is a need to understand individual differences. We examined whether maternal mindful parenting moderated this association. Participants were 172 mothers of 2- to 5-year-old children (children’s M age = 3.30 years) from diverse economic and ethnic backgrounds. Socioeconomic status was indexed using income-to-needs ratio. Mothers reported on children’s sleep/wake problems (insufficient sleep duration, night wakings, daytime sleepiness) and two dimensions of mindful parenting (mindful discipline, being in the moment with the child). Higher levels of maternal mindful parenting buffered the extent to which lower socioeconomic status conferred risk for children’s insufficient sleep duration and night wakings. Findings build on the literature to consider sleep in the family context and illustrate that positive parenting characteristics may reduce risk for sleep/wake problems in lower socioeconomic contexts.

摘要

较低的社会经济地位与儿童早期的睡眠/觉醒问题有关，但是，影响并不统一，需要了解个体差异。我们检查了母亲的正念养育是否调节了这种关联。参与者是 172 名 2 至 5 岁儿童的母亲（儿童M年龄 = 3.30 岁）来自不同的经济和种族背景。社会经济地位使用收入与需求比率来衡量。母亲们报告了孩子的睡眠/觉醒问题（睡眠时间不足、夜间醒来、白天嗜睡）和正念养育的两个方面（正念管教、时刻陪伴孩子）。更高水平的母亲用心育儿缓冲了较低社会经济地位赋予儿童睡眠时间不足和夜醒风险的程度。研究结果建立在文献的基础上，在家庭环境中考虑睡眠，并说明积极的养育特征可能会降低社会经济背景较低的睡眠/觉醒问题的风险。