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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sleep Res. 2014 Nov 13;24(3):279–287. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12260

Table 3.

Percent time toddlers exhibited self-regulation strategies during the unsolvable puzzle (challenge) task (n=12).

Nap No-Nap Statistics

M SD M SD t d p
Self-Soothing 7.3 12.1 17.5 17.2 −2.41 0.68 0.017
Focus on Misfit Piece 17.5 15.6 26.5 20.4 −1.66 0.50 0.046
Disruptive Behavior 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 −1.41 0.59 0.092
Negative Self-Appraisal 6.7 8.5 2.4 5.1 2.54 0.93 0.014
Insistence on Completion 0.7 1.4 11.2 16.2 −2.15 0.91 0.028

Skepticism 12.9 11.4 5.8 6.2 2.32 0.77 0.020
Cognitive Reappraisal 0.2 0.7 0.6 1.2 −0.62 0.13 0.270
Self-Talk 7.0 9.2 5.6 7.1 0.54 0.17 0.300
Solicit Help 2.6 4.0 1.16 2.0 1.04 0.44 0.161
Alternate strategies 7.8 7.1 8.5 11.6 −0.18 0.07 0.427