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Attachment representations, sleep quality and adaptative functioning in preschool age children
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Both the attachment system and sleep are considered to be important
biopsychosocial regulators of development and of adaptive functioning in
children, and there is a substantial literature suggesting that the two systems
may be mutually influencing. To date, however, the bulk of research attempting
to link these systems has focused on infancy and the results of empirical studies
are mixed. Thirty-nine preschool children participated in this study (valid sleep
data for 34 cases). Attachment representations were assessed using the
Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT) and sleep was assessed using
objective (i.e., actigraphy) measures. Analyses revealed that the coherence of child
narratives and security scored from the ASCT were related to sleep quality indices
(e.g., Sleep Activity, Wake Minutes after Sleep Onset, Sleep Efficiency).
Additional analyses examined external correlates of attachment representations
and tested possible interactions of attachment and sleep. No significant mediated
interactions across attachment and sleep domains were found. Although the
direction of effects cannot be determined, the results suggest that parent–child
relationship and sleep organization are intertwined for preschool age children and
the joint effects of these biopsychosocial regulators should be studied further.
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Attachment security Sleep quality Sleep duration Preschool children
Citation
Attachment & Human Development, 13(6), 525-540