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Parental Type D Personality and Children's Hyperactive Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Parent⁻Child Interactive Activities.

ABSTRACT: This study explored the associations between parental Type D personality (TDP), parent⁻child interactive activities, and children's hyperactive behaviors. Moreover, the study examined whether parent⁻child interactive activities mediated the associations between parental TDP and children's hyperactive behaviors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among children from all kindergartens in a district of a southern city in China. Data on parental TDP, the frequency of parent⁻child interactive activities, children's hyperactive behaviors, and socio-demographic characteristics were provided by 47,648 parent⁻child dyads. Multiple regression analysis was employed to assess the associations between parental TDP, parent⁻child interactive activities, and children's hyperactive behaviors. Mediation analysis was applied to explore the mediating role of parent⁻child interactive activities on the associations between parental TDP and children's hyperactive behaviors. Parental TDP was negatively associated with the frequency of parent⁻child interactive activities and positively associated with children's hyperactive behaviors. The frequencies of parent⁻child interactive activities were negatively associated with children's hyperactive behaviors. The frequency of parent⁻child interactive activities partially mediated the associations between parental TDP and children's hyperactive behaviors. Future research may consider parental TDP and parent⁻child interactive activities as potential important predictors of hyperactive behaviors in children. Such research will help identify further targets for intervention to reduce hyperactive behaviors in children.

SUBMITTER: He GH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6480101 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Parental Type D Personality and Children's Hyperactive Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Parent⁻Child Interactive Activities.

He Guan-Hao GH Liu Li L Strodl Esben E Ruan Zeng-Liang ZL Jiang Hui H Jing Jin J Jin Yu Y Chen Wei-Qing WQ

International journal of environmental research and public health 20190328 7

This study explored the associations between parental Type D personality (TDP), parent⁻child interactive activities, and children's hyperactive behaviors. Moreover, the study examined whether parent⁻child interactive activities mediated the associations between parental TDP and children's hyperactive behaviors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among children from all kindergartens in a district of a southern city in China. Data on parental TDP, the frequency of parent⁻child interactive act ...[more]

PMID: 30925765

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Project description:ObjectivesThe current study examined the influence of early parental stress and positive parent personality during infancy on sleep in middle childhood. Further, the role of positive parent personality as a buffer of the association between parental stress and sleep was considered.MethodsParticipants included 381 twins and their primary caregivers who were recruited from birth records in the United States. Primary caregivers completed survey assessments via phone when twins were 12 and 30 months of age to assess multiple dimensions of parental stress and positive parent personality. Approximately 6 years later (M = 5.78, SD = 0.42), twins participated in an intensive assessment that included wearing actigraph watches to provide an objective measurement of sleep, while primary caregivers completed daily diaries regarding twins' sleep.ResultsPositive parent personality was associated prospectively with longer actigraphy sleep duration and higher parent-reported sleep quality/daytime functioning. Parental stress was associated prospectively with greater variability in sleep duration. Positive parent personality moderated the parental stress - sleep-timing relation, such that greater parental stress was associated with a later midpoint of the sleep period only for children with parents low on positive personality (e.g., low optimism). All other findings were non-significant.ConclusionsFindings suggest that both positive attributes and stress may influence sleep in middle childhood and that low parent positive personality may exacerbate associations between parental stress and later timing of sleep periods in children. Early interventions to promote healthy sleeping may consider focusing on decreasing parental stress and increasing parental empathy and optimism as early as infancy. Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? Early-life experiences, especially adversity, have been related to health outcomes among adults and children, such that negative experiences are associated with poor health outcomes. Poor sleep (e.g., short duration, poor quality) among children is associated with negative outcomes including poorer cognitive performance and higher adiposity. What does this study add? This study used a prospective design to understand relations between early parent-related factors and child sleep. Early parental stress and positive parent personality were associated with objective sleep quality. Positive parent personality during infancy may have promotive/protective influences on sleep later in childhood.

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Parental Type D Personality and Children's Hyperactive Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Parent⁻Child Interactive Activities.

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