Kate E. Williams|Jan M. Nicholson|Sue Walker|Donna Berthelsen
Early childhood profiles of sleep problems and self?regulation predict later school adjustment
Queensland University of Technology|Queensland University of Technology|La Trobe University|Queensland University of Technology|Queensland University of Technology
childrens sleep problems selfregulation problems independently associated poorer adjustment school limited exploration longitudinal early childhood profiles include indicatorsthis study explores normative developmental pathway sleep problems selfregulation across early childhood investigates whether departure normative pathway associated later socialemotional adjustment schoolthis study involved 2880 children participating growing australia longitudinal study australian children lsac infant cohort wave 1 01 years wave 4 67 yearsmothers reported childrens sleep problems emotional attentional selfregulation three time points birth 5 years teachers reported childrens socialemotional adjustment school 67 years latent profile analysis used establish personcentred longitudinal profilesthree profiles found normative profile 69 consistently average higher emotional attentional regulation scores sleep problems steadily reduced birth 5 years remaining 31 children members two nonnormative selfregulation profiles characterized escalating sleep problems across early childhood mean selfregulation nonnormative group membership associated higher teacherreported hyperactivity emotional problems poorer classroom selfregulation prosocial skillsearly childhood profiles selfregulation include sleep problems offer way identify children risk poor school adjustment children escalating early childhood sleep problems considered important target group school transition interventions