This study is primarily designed to reveal the bedtime routines of the wife, husband, and child in a family as well as the effects of these routines on family relationships. Bedtime routines refer to the activities in a bedroom, including the time before and after going to sleep. An online survey was conducted on 250 Japanese women (wives) living with their husbands and their children aged between 0 and 11. Three aspects were examined: the basic attributes (the age of the wife, husband, and child, the gender of the child, and the layout of the living space), the bedroom-sharing practice of the families (between the wife and child/ between the wife and husband), and lastly the bedtime routine satisfaction of the wife. As for “family relationships”, it includes the studies of marital, parent, and family satisfaction. Our cross-tabulation showed that 89.2% of wives shared a bedroom with their children. A two-factor analysis of variance indicated that wives who shared bedrooms with their children had significantly lower bedtime routine satisfaction than those who did not. At the same time, wives who shared bedrooms with their husbands had much higher bedtime routine, marital, parent, and family satisfaction than those who did not. The findings revealed the solid effects of the wife, husband, and child’s bedtime routines on family relationships. The sleeping arrangement in a family contributes to the social health of the families and it is also discussed in this paper.
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