Citation

Coulombe JA, Reid GJ. J. Pediatr. Psychol. 2012; 37(3): 319-328.

Affiliation

The University of Western Ontario.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/jpepsy/jsr099

PMID

22159970

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To explore the night-waking schemas of mothers of preschool-aged children, using a new measure of agreement with night-waking strategies (Night-waking Vignettes Scale; NVS). METHOD: A community sample of 203 mothers (M age = 32 years, SD = 5.1) of 2- to 5-year-olds (M age = 3.4 years, SD = 1.0) provided demographic information and completed the NVS and measures of night-waking and general parenting behavior. RESULTS: Few mothers endorsed strong agreement or disagreement with limit-setting, active comforting, or rewards; mothers generally disagreed with punishment. Significant associations between agreement with night-waking strategies, child sex, and maternal educational attainment were observed; only agreement with punishment was correlated with general parenting. Agreement with night-waking strategies differed across the night-waking behaviors depicted in the NVS vignettes. Agreement with limit-setting and agreement with active comforting were correlated with night-waking. CONCLUSIONS: Mothers may be ambivalent about common night-waking strategies. Night-waking schemas appear to be complex.

Language: en