Toddlers' Sleep and Temperament: Reporting Bias or a Valid Link? a Research Note

Anat Scher; Rachel Epstein; Avi Sadeh; Emanuel Tirosh; Peretz Lavie

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00943.x

Toddlers' Sleep and Temperament: Reporting Bias or a Valid Link? a Research Note

Anat Scher, Rachel Epstein, Avi Sadeh, Emanuel Tirosh, Peretz Lavie

Department of Counseling and Human Development

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Abstract Objective steep measures derived from a computerized movement detector attached (o the child's leg, were obtained for a group of 31 toddlers (mean age: 18.5 months). The monitored sleep parameters were compared with maternal assessment of the child's sleep and her perception of his temperament. The validity of maternal diaries as a measure of the child's sleep was not supported. Nevertheless, a link between both subjective and objective sleep measures with temperament dimensions was indicated. The modest association between sleep and temperament may suggest either a continuity between some aspects of day‐ and night‐time functioning or, alternatively, the influence of the child's Sleep behavior in shaping the mother's perceptions of her toddlers temperament.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1249-1254
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Volume	33
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00943.x
State	Published - Oct 1992

Keywords

Toddlers
maternal ratings
sleep
temperament
validity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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