TY - JOUR
T1 - Child Sleep and Socioeconomic Context in the Development of Cognitive Abilities in Early Childhood
AU - Hoyniak, Caroline P.
AU - Bates, John E.
AU - Staples, Angela D.
AU - Rudasill, Kathleen M.
AU - Molfese, Dennis L.
AU - Molfese, Victoria J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Authors. Child Development © 2018 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Despite a robust literature examining the association between sleep problems and cognitive abilities in childhood, little is known about this association in toddlerhood, a period of rapid cognitive development. The present study examined the association between various sleep problems, using actigraphy, and performance on a standardized test of cognitive abilities, longitudinally across three ages (30, 36, and 42 months) in a large sample of toddlers (N = 493). Results revealed a between-subject effect in which the children who had more delayed sleep schedules on average also showed poorer cognitive abilities on average but did not support a within-subjects effect. Results also showed that delayed sleep explains part of the association between family socioeconomic context and child cognitive abilities.
AB - Despite a robust literature examining the association between sleep problems and cognitive abilities in childhood, little is known about this association in toddlerhood, a period of rapid cognitive development. The present study examined the association between various sleep problems, using actigraphy, and performance on a standardized test of cognitive abilities, longitudinally across three ages (30, 36, and 42 months) in a large sample of toddlers (N = 493). Results revealed a between-subject effect in which the children who had more delayed sleep schedules on average also showed poorer cognitive abilities on average but did not support a within-subjects effect. Results also showed that delayed sleep explains part of the association between family socioeconomic context and child cognitive abilities.
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U2 - 10.1111/cdev.13042
DO - 10.1111/cdev.13042
M3 - Article
C2 - 29484637
AN - SCOPUS:85072328296
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 90
SP - 1718
EP - 1737
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
IS - 5
ER -