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As rotinas da hora de dormir são as atividades previsíveis que ocorrem antes da criança
adormecer, promovendo um desenvolvimento saudável durante a primeira infância. O
funcionamento familiar traduz a dinâmica através da qual os membros de uma família
resolvem os problemas, comunicam, interagem e cuidam uns dos outros. Este estudo
tem como objetivo contribuir para o conhecimento da perceção paterna sobre as
rotinas da hora de dormir de crianças em idade pré-escolar e a sua relação com o
funcionamento familiar. A amostra é constituída por 107 pais de crianças entre os 3 e
os 6 anos (M = 3.99; DP = 0.85), que preencheram as versões portuguesas do Bedtime
Routines Questionaire (BRQ), instrumento que avalia a consistência, a reatividade e as
atividades adaptativas e desadaptativas antes da hora de dormir e do Systematic
Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15), que avalia os recursos, a
comunicação e as dificuldades familiares. Os resultados indicam que pais com uma
menor escolaridade percecionam maior reatividade dos seus filhos aquando de
mudanças na rotina da hora de dormir e mais atividades desadaptativas, bem como
pior comunicação na família, mais dificuldades e pior funcionamento familiar. Pais
com um NSE mais baixo percecionam mais dificuldades no funcionamento familiar.
Verificou-se que um pior funcionamento familiar está associado a uma maior
reatividade e a mais atividades desadaptativas das crianças na hora de dormir,
enquanto um melhor funcionamento familiar se associa a mais atividades adaptativas.
Para finalizar, são discutidas as implicações do estudo para a intervenção com famílias
com crianças em idade pré-escolar.
Bedtime routines are the predictable activities that occur before a child falls asleep, promoting healthy development during early childhood. Family functioning reflects the dynamics through which family members solve problems, communicate, interact and care for each other. This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of paternal perception of the bedtime routines of preschool children and their relationship with family functioning. The sample consists of 107 fathers of children between 3 and 6 years old (M = 3.99; SD = 0.85), who completed the Portuguese versions of the Bedtime Routines Questionaire (BRQ), an instrument that assesses consistency, reactivity and adaptive and maladaptive activities before bedtime and the Systematic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15), which assesses resources, communication and family difficulties. The results indicate that fathers with less education perceive greater reactivity in their children when changing their bedtime routine and more maladaptive activities, as well as worse communication in the family, more difficulties and worse family functioning. Fathers with a lower SES perceive more difficulties in family functioning. It was found that worse family functioning is associated with greater reactivity and more maladaptive activities of children at bedtime, while better family functioning is associated with more adaptive activities. Finally, the implications of the study for intervention with families with preschool-age children are discussed.
Bedtime routines are the predictable activities that occur before a child falls asleep, promoting healthy development during early childhood. Family functioning reflects the dynamics through which family members solve problems, communicate, interact and care for each other. This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of paternal perception of the bedtime routines of preschool children and their relationship with family functioning. The sample consists of 107 fathers of children between 3 and 6 years old (M = 3.99; SD = 0.85), who completed the Portuguese versions of the Bedtime Routines Questionaire (BRQ), an instrument that assesses consistency, reactivity and adaptive and maladaptive activities before bedtime and the Systematic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15), which assesses resources, communication and family difficulties. The results indicate that fathers with less education perceive greater reactivity in their children when changing their bedtime routine and more maladaptive activities, as well as worse communication in the family, more difficulties and worse family functioning. Fathers with a lower SES perceive more difficulties in family functioning. It was found that worse family functioning is associated with greater reactivity and more maladaptive activities of children at bedtime, while better family functioning is associated with more adaptive activities. Finally, the implications of the study for intervention with families with preschool-age children are discussed.
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Crianças em Idade Pré-Escolar Funcionamento Familiar Perceção Paterna Rotinas da Hora de Dormir