Infant and maternal factors associated with maternal perceptions of infant sleep problems

Autor:	Lynn Loutzenhiser, Angela Ahlquist, John Hoffman
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Reproductive Medicine Perception media_common.quotation_subject Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Maternal sleep Obstetrics and Gynecology Infant sleep Infant temperament Psychology Sleep in non-human animals General Psychology media_common Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 29:460-471
ISSN:	1469-672X 0264-6838
Popis:	Aim: Infant sleep behaviours, particularly night wakings, have been identified as one of the most common concerns of parents. Despite this, few empirical studies have examined how mothers distinguish between normative and problematic infant sleep behaviours. Methods: In this study, we examined infant and maternal factors associated with maternal perceptions of infant sleep problems in an internet sample of Canadian mothers with 6- to 12-month-old infants whose infants wake at least one night a week. Results: While infant sleep behaviours accounted for 24% of the variance in maternal perceptions of infant sleep problems, including additional infant and maternal factors in the model accounted for 43%. Factors significantly associated with maternal perceptions of infant sleep problems were infant sleep behaviours (i.e. frequent night wakings, difficulties initiating sleep), difficult infant temperament, poor maternal daytime functioning and poor maternal sleep quality. Contrary to expectations, infant daytim...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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