Bellagamba Francesca, Presaghi Fabio, Di Marco Martina, D'Abundo Emilia, Blanchfield Olivia, Barr Rachel
Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 22;12:589664. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.589664. eCollection 2021.
Heavy media use has been linked to sleep problems in children, which may also extend to the infancy period. While international parent-advisory agencies, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (2016), advise no screen time before 18 months, parents often do not follow this recommendation. Research on Italian infants' early access to media is sparse, and only very few studies have investigated links with sleeping habits.
To address this gap, we examined concurrent associations between parent-reported surveys of child technology use and sleeping patterns. The Italian version of the 60 item Comprehensive Assessment of Family Media Exposure (CAFE) Survey, developed as part of a larger international study, (Barr et al., 2020), the Brief Screening Questionnaire for Infant Sleep Problems (BISQ) Sadeh, 2004) were completed online by 264 Italian parents of 8- to 36-month-olds and a subset ( = 134) completed the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) Abidin, 1995) between April 2017 and April 2018.
More devices located in the child's room and the more time spent watching TV or using an iPad were associated with less hours of sleep at night. Furthermore, more time spent watching TV or using a smartphone, as well as the number of devices in the room was associated with going to sleep later at night. Instrumental media use was associated with less sleep.
Like other countries, Italian infants have high levels of exposure to media, and differences in media patterns were associated with sleep patterns. Cultural factors influence both instrumental reasons for media use and sleep practices. Further research should explore how media use may serve to regulate emotion as a function of both contextual factors and individual differences.
大量使用媒体与儿童睡眠问题有关，这可能也会延伸到婴儿期。虽然国际家长咨询机构，如美国儿科学会（2016年），建议18个月前不要让孩子接触屏幕，但家长往往不遵循这一建议。关于意大利婴儿早期接触媒体的研究很少，只有极少数研究调查了与睡眠习惯的联系。
为了填补这一空白，我们研究了家长报告的儿童技术使用调查与睡眠模式之间的同时相关性。作为一项更大规模国际研究的一部分开发的意大利语版60项家庭媒体接触综合评估（CAFE）调查（Barr等人，2020年）、婴儿睡眠问题简短筛查问卷（BISQ，Sadeh，2004年）由264名8至36个月大孩子的意大利家长在线完成，其中一部分家长（n = 134）在2017年4月至2018年4月期间完成了育儿压力指数（PSI，Abidin，1995年）。
孩子房间里的设备越多，看电视或使用iPad的时间越长，夜间睡眠时间就越少。此外，看电视或使用智能手机的时间越长，以及房间里的设备数量越多，晚上入睡就越晚。工具性媒体使用与睡眠减少有关。
与其他国家一样，意大利婴儿接触媒体的程度很高，媒体使用模式的差异与睡眠模式有关。文化因素影响媒体使用的工具性原因和睡眠习惯。进一步的研究应探讨媒体使用如何根据情境因素和个体差异调节情绪。
