Research Article

Do Parental Expectations Play a Role in Children's Sleep and Mothers' Distress? An Exploration of the Goodness of Fit Concept in 54 Mother-Child Dyads

Table 4

Children’s sleep quality by parent report ( 𝑛 = 5 4 ).

Difficulties falling asleep
 No/rarely sometimes often89% 4% 7%
Night waking
 No/rarely sometimes often72% 6% 22%
Difficulties falling asleep and night waking
 No/rarely sometimes often65% 7% 28%
Overall sleep quality, mean (SD) [range]9.12 (1.32) [5–10], median = 10.0
 Good poor96% 4%

“No/rarely” in both behaviors, “often” in at least one behavior, “sometimes” describes the remaining situations.