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Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research article

The relationship between the development of social competence and sleep in infants: a longitudinal study

Authors: Etsuko Tomisaki, Emiko Tanaka, Taeko Watanabe, Ryoji Shinohara, Maki Hirano, Yoko Onda, Yukiko Mochizuki, Yuko Yato, Noriko Yamakawa, Tokie Anme, the Japan Children’s Study Group

Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

Many reports argue that sleep is important for children’s health, learning, and academic performance. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the association between sleep and the development of social competence in infants.

Methods

This study was conducted as part of a Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) project. Caregivers responded to the Japan Children’s Study Sleep Questionnaire when children were 18 months old. The interactions of caregivers and children were observed when children were 18, 30, and 42 months old, and rated with the Interaction Rating Scale, which is a measure of social competence.

Results

Nocturnal sleep duration of more than 10 h and an earlier bed time than 22:00 were significantly correlated with two trajectory groups (low point and high point transition groups) of children’s social competence at 18, 30, and 42 months. Further, total sleep duration of more than 12.25 h and an earlier bed time than 22:00 were significantly correlated with the trajectory of children’s social competence at 18, 30, and 42 months.

Conclusions

Sleep duration and sleep onset time are important factors in children’s development of social competence.
Trial registration The ethics committee of the JST approved this study on March 19, 2001. The registration number is 356-1.
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Metadata
Title
The relationship between the development of social competence and sleep in infants: a longitudinal study
Authors
Etsuko Tomisaki
Emiko Tanaka
Taeko Watanabe
Ryoji Shinohara
Maki Hirano
Yoko Onda
Yukiko Mochizuki
Yuko Yato
Noriko Yamakawa
Tokie Anme
the Japan Children’s Study Group
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1753-2000
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-018-0258-8

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