LTŠiame straipsnyje aprašomame tyrime analizuota, kaip su keturmečių miego sunkumais sąveikauja vaikų temperamento bruožai ir prieš metus vertintos motinų elgesio su vaikais strategijos, kartu analizuota miego tvarkos pastovumo reikšmė. Analizuojami 162 vaikų ir jų motinų, dalyvavusių tęstiniame ankstyvosios savireguliacijos raidos tyrime, duomenys. Informacija rinkta dviem etapais: kai vaikams buvo treji metai, jų motinos pildė Vaiko raidos ir socialinės aplinkos klausimyną, Vaiko elgesio klausimyno trumpąją formą (CBQ-SF), Tėvų strategijų vaikų neigiamų emocijų atžvilgiu klausimyną (CCNES), o kai buvo ketveri – Vaikų elgesio aprašą (CBCL/1 1/2-5). Tyrimo rezultatai atskleidė vaikų miego sunkumų ir neigiamo emocingumo ryšį. Kiti temperamento bruožai (valinga kontrolė bei ekstraversija) ir motinų elgesio strategijos nebuvo susiję su miego sunkumais. Nors miegojimo vietos vaidmuo nepasirodė svarbus, išryškėjo miego tvarkos pastovumo reikšmė – daugiau miego sunkumų turėjo keturmečiai, kurių miego tvarka prieš metus nebuvo pastovi. Tačiau numatant keturmečių miego sunkumus prieš metus vertintas miego tvarkos pastovumas ir neigiamas emocingumas neišryškėjo kaip reikšmingi veiksniai. Miego tvarkos pastovumas neatsiskleidė ir kaip tarpininkaujantis veiksnys, tai yra jis panašiai svarbus ir didesnio neigiamo emocingumo, ir mažesnio neigiamo emocingumo ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų miego sunkumams atsirasti. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Miego sunkumai; Miego tvarkos pastovumas; Neigiamas emocingumas; Ikimokyklinis amžius; Motinų elgesio strategijos; Sleep problems; Sleep regime; Temperament; Pre-school age; Parenting strategies.
ENChildren’s sleep problems are widely investigated, but questions about the longitudinal effects of child’s temperament and parenting strategies as well as sleep hygiene and regime in preschool age still remain not clearly answered. This study aimed to analyse whether and how a four-year-old’s sleep problems relate to children’s temperament traits and mothers’ coping with children’s negative emotions, as well as whether sleep problems could be explained by children’s sleep regime assessed one year ago. Data about 162 children collected during the outgoing longitudinal study on early development of self-regulation were used in this study. Mothers reported their strategies on Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale – CCNES (Fabes, Eisenberg, Bernzweig, 1990), answered questions about child’s sleep regime, and evaluated child’s temperament with Children’s Behaviour Questionnaire Short Form (Rothbart, Ahadi, Hershey, & Fisher, 2001) when children were 3-year-old. The children’s sleep problems were assessed using the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL/1½-5) at age four-year-old. Results showed a positive relationship between children’s sleep problems and negative emotionality. The sleeping place (e.g., sleeping with parents or separately) was not found as a significant factor, however, the regularity of sleep/wake time (stable sleep regime) was revealed as important. Pre-schoolers who had no regular sleeping regime at age three had higher sleep problem scores after one year. Negative emotionality related to sleep problems. Results of regression analysis revealed that neither regular sleep/wake regime, nor negative emotionality significantly predicted sleep problems. Finally, regular sleep/wake regime was not revealed as a mediator between the negative emotionality and sleep problems in pre-school age.On the one hand, these results suggest that the importance of temperament for the sleep problems could be less provident in pre-school age than in infancy. On the other hand, the pattern as well as reasons for sleep problems could change dramatically in pre-school age. Thus, developmental interactions of sleep problems, sleep regime, parenting behaviours and child’s temperament – especially reactivity and regulation – should be further studied more comprehensively. [From the publication]