Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602, United States; Youth Development Institute, University of Georgia, Room 208, 105 Foster Road (Pound Hall), Athens, GA 30606, United States.
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2022 Jan;123:105390. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105390. Epub 2021 Nov 15.
Adverse parenting is consistently associated with increased sleep problems among adolescents. Shelter-in-Place restrictions and the uncertainty linked to the Covid-19 pandemic have introduced new stressors on parents and families, adding to the risk for youth's sleep problems.
Using multidimensional assessments of child maltreatment (CM; threat vs. deprivation), the present study examined whether parent-report and child-report of Covid-19 related stress potentiated the effect of CM on sleep problems among boys and girls.
The study focused on a sample of 124 dyads of adolescents (M = 12.89, SD = 0.79; 52% female) and their primary caregivers (93% mothers) assessed before and during the pandemic (May to October 2020).
Data were obtained from both youth and their parents. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test all study hypotheses. Simple slopes and Johnson-Neyman plots were generated to probe significant interaction effects.
Deprivation, but not threat, directly predicted increased sleep problems among boys during the pandemic. Additionally, elevation in Covid-19 stress (both parent and child report) intensified the link between CM (threat and deprivation) and sleep problems among boys.
Our findings inform prevention and intervention efforts that aim to reduce sleep problems among boys during stressful contexts, such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
不良养育方式与青少年睡眠问题的增加密切相关。就地避难限制和与新冠疫情相关的不确定性给父母和家庭带来了新的压力源，增加了青少年睡眠问题的风险。
本研究使用多维儿童虐待（CM；威胁与剥夺）评估，考察了父母和孩子报告的与新冠疫情相关的压力是否会增强 CM 对男孩和女孩睡眠问题的影响。
该研究集中在 124 对青少年（M=12.89，SD=0.79；52%为女性）及其主要照顾者（93%为母亲）的样本上，评估时间在疫情前和疫情期间（2020 年 5 月至 10 月）。
数据来自青少年及其父母。结构方程模型（SEM）用于检验所有研究假设。生成简单斜率和约翰逊-内曼图来探测显著的交互效应。
剥夺感而非威胁感直接预测了男孩在疫情期间睡眠问题的增加。此外，新冠疫情压力（父母和孩子报告）的升高加剧了 CM（威胁和剥夺）与男孩睡眠问题之间的联系。
我们的研究结果为旨在减少男孩在新冠疫情等压力环境下睡眠问题的预防和干预措施提供了信息。
