Nathanson Amy I, Beyens Ine
a School of Communication , The Ohio State University , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
b Amsterdam School of Communication Research , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
Behav Sleep Med. 2018 Mar-Apr;16(2):202-219. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2016.1188389. Epub 2016 Jun 20.
This study investigated the relation between preschoolers' mobile electronic device (MED) use and sleep disturbances. A national sample of 402 predominantly college-educated and Caucasian mothers of 3-5-year-olds completed a survey assessing their preschoolers' MED use, bedtime resistance, sleep duration, and daytime sleepiness. Heavier evening and daily tablet use (and to some extent, smartphone use) were related to sleep disturbances. Other forms of MED use were not consistently related to sleep disturbances. In addition, playing games on MEDs at bedtime was related to compromised sleep duration, although other forms of MED use at bedtime were not related to sleep outcomes. Although the relations between MED use and sleep disturbances were small in size, they were larger than the relations between sleep and other predictors in the models. Continued work should investigate how MED exposure is related to children's cognitive, psychological, emotional, and physiological development, particularly given the popularity and widespread use of these devices.
本研究调查了学龄前儿童移动电子设备（MED）使用与睡眠障碍之间的关系。一项全国性抽样调查中，402位主要为受过大学教育的白人母亲，她们的孩子年龄在3至5岁之间，完成了一项调查，评估其学龄前儿童的MED使用情况、就寝抗拒、睡眠时间和日间嗜睡情况。晚上和日常大量使用平板电脑（在某种程度上，还有智能手机）与睡眠障碍有关。其他形式的MED使用与睡眠障碍并无一致关联。此外，睡前在MED上玩游戏与睡眠时间缩短有关，尽管睡前其他形式的MED使用与睡眠结果无关。尽管MED使用与睡眠障碍之间的关系规模较小，但比模型中睡眠与其他预测因素之间的关系更大。后续研究应调查MED接触如何与儿童的认知、心理、情感和生理发育相关，特别是考虑到这些设备的普及和广泛使用。
