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Sleep duration in Mexican American children: Do mothers’ and fathers’ parenting and family practices play a role?
Author(s) -
Martinez Suzanna M.,
Tschann Jeanne M.,
Butte Nancy F.,
Gregorich Steve E.,
Penilla Carlos,
Flores Elena,
Pasch Lauri A.,
Greenspan Louise C.,
Deardorff Julianna
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of sleep research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2869
pISSN - 0962-1105
DOI - 10.1111/jsr.12784
Subject(s) - parenting styles , psychology , duration (music) , body mass index , developmental psychology , sleep (system call) , medicine , cohort , demography , pediatrics , art , literature , pathology , sociology , computer science , operating system
Summary This study examined parenting styles, parenting practices and family practices that may be associated with weeknight sleep duration among 8‐ to 10‐year‐old Mexican American ( MA ) children. This cross‐sectional study of MA children used baseline data from a 2‐year cohort study of mother–child pairs ( n = 308) with additional data on fathers ( n = 166). Children's weeknight sleep duration was accelerometer estimated and averaged for 2 weeknights. Parents reported on their parenting styles and practices regarding food and family food‐related practices. Multivariable linear regression analysis was used to examine sleep duration with parenting styles and practices, and family practices, and adjusting for child gender and body mass index. Model 1 included mothers’ parenting styles and practices; Model 2 included both mothers’ and fathers’ parenting styles and practices. Children's average sleep duration was 9.5 ( SD = 0.8) hr. Mothers who used pressure to encourage their children to eat and those who used food to control behavior had children with longer sleep duration ( β = 0.21, p < 0.01; β = 0.15, p = 0.03, respectively). Mothers who reported their children ate dinner with the TV on and those who valued eating dinner as a family had children with shorter sleep duration ( β = −0.16, p = 0.01; β = −0.18, p = 0.01, respectively). Fathers who restricted the amount of food their children ate had children with shorter sleep duration ( β = −0.27, p = 0.01). Mothers’ and fathers’ feeding practices, the child's eating dinner with the TV on, and valuing family dinners, played a role in children's weeknight sleep duration among Mexican American families. Parental feeding practices and family mealtime contexts may have an effect on children's weeknight sleep duration.