Examining the relationship between the child's eating behavior and sleeping habits and the emotion regulation skill of the parent according to parental

In our study, we aimed to examine the relationship between the child's eating behavior and sleep habits according to parental perception and parental emotion regulation skills. It is a cross-sectional study. The sample of the study consisted of 470 parents with children between the ages of 4-8 who gave consent for participation. Personal Information Form, Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, Parental Emotion Regulation Scale, and Children's Eating Behavior Rating Scale were used as data collection tools. Pearson correlation analysis, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Tuket Test were used in the analysis of the data; .05 level was taken for statistical significance. According to the results, no significant results were found between the parents' education level and income level and the child's eating behavior, between the emotion regulation skills of the parent and the age of the parent, and between the emotion regulation skills of the parent and the child's sleep problems. In our study, it was concluded that while night awakenings, sleep anxiety, and bedtime resistance were higher in children in the 4-5 age group compared to children in the 6- 8 age group, sleepiness during the day was more intense in the 6-8 age group. It was concluded that 4.9% of the children in the sample group participating in our study showed symptoms of sleep disorders. It was found that the average night sleep of the children in the sample group participating in our study was 10.19 hours in the 4-5 age group and 9.75 hours in the 6-8 age group. It was concluded that the parasomnia level of children of mothers with low income level was higher than that of children of mothers with high income level. It was determined that the sleep duration of the children of parents with an educational level of high school and below was higher than the children of parents with an educational level of undergraduate.