1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The current longitudinal study investigated whether the quality of father–child relationships in toddlerhood predicted […] developmental patterns of change.» (p. 3)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«The sample was composed of 67 children (34 girls) for whom sleep trajectories between 2 and 4 years were estimated. For all 67 children, paternal mind-mindedness and quality of father–child interactions were assessed at 18 months. Moreover, 63 of the fathers (31 girls, 32 boys) reported on their level of involvement with their child at age 2. They were recruited in a large metropolitan area using birth lists provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Services.» (p. 3)

Instruments :
Grille d’analyse

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Findings suggested that children whose father made more appropriate mind-related comments while playing with them at 18 months had a greater proportion of nighttime sleep at 2 years, but this proportion increased less rapidly between 2 and 4 years. These children also had shorter daytime and total daily sleep duration at 2 years, but these levels decreased marginally less rapidly between 2 and 4 years.» (p. 7) «[T]he findings can be interpreted as suggesting that children who were exposed to more paternal mind-mindedness at 18 months showed, at the age of 2, sleep patterns that were already approaching the patterns expected toward the end of the preschool period, namely shorter duration and greater consolidation into the night. However, their sleep also progressed less markedly thereafter (between 2 and 4 years), significantly for the proportion of nighttime sleep and marginally for daytime and total daily sleep duration. Hence, in early preschool years, children of more mind-minded fathers seemed to be developmentally ahead of their peers regarding maturation of sleep patterns, but their peers caught up with them by the end of the preschool period.» (p. 8)