Parenting at Midnight: Measuring Parents' Thoughts and Strategies to Help Young Children Sleep Through the Night

摘要: Throughout the night, brief periods of arousal are common and not necessarily indicative problematic sleep. Awakening without an easy return to sleep (“night-waking”), however, can be for parents children alike. Approximately 30% preschool-aged wake at least once per night require parental intervention (“help or assistance”). Although parents’ responses children’s night-waking (i.e., strategies) determine course over time, very little is known about strategy use among children. The purpose present dissertation was lay foundation upon which a better understanding relationship parenting built. In order accomplish this goal, four measures were created: Children’s Night-waking Behaviour Scale (CNBS), Vignettes (NVS), Parents’ Thoughts Affect Questionnaire (PNTQ), Strategies (NSS). Rigorous measurement development protocols followed. These measures, as well parent-report questionnaires used assess construct validity, completed by sample 203 mothers (M age = 32.4 years, SD =5.1) 3.4 1.0). All displayed adequate good reliability promising evidence convergent validity observed. Significant associations between also Following validation, series multiple regressions conducted explore identify areas further research. these regressions, mothers’ strategies (as measured NSS) significantly predicted behaviour during night-wakings CNBS), agreement with NVS), thoughts affect episodes PNTQ). Clinical research implications findings discussed.