Cosleeping and sleep behavior in Italian school-aged children
| Autor: | Flavia Cortesi, Cristina Vagnoni, Flavia Giannotti, Teresa Sebastiani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Parents Sleep Wake Disorders Urban Population Cross-sectional study Rome Breastfeeding behavior child cosleeping sleep sleep cosleeping bedtime problems Child Behavior Disorders Social Environment Bedtime Developmental psychology Risk Factors Adaptation Psychological Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Parent-Child Relations Child Behavior Checklist Child Socioeconomic status Life Style Family Characteristics Incidence Parasomnia medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Attitude Socioeconomic Factors Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Psychology Anxiety disorder |
| Zdroj: | Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP. 25(1) |
| ISSN: | 0196-206X |
| Popis: | The prevalence and predictors of cosleeping were investigated in 901 healthy school-aged children. Parent reports on the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire and Child Behavior Checklist were used to assess children's sleep and behavioral problems. Regular, long-lasting cosleeping was present in 5% of our sample. Cosleepers rated higher on the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire total score and Bedtime Resistance, Sleep Anxiety, Nightwakings, and Parasomnias subscales than solitary sleepers. No significant behavioral problems were found in cosleepers. Regression results showed that low socioeconomic status, one parent who is a shiftworker, one-parent families, one parent who coslept as a child, prolonged breastfeeding, and previous and current sleep problems significantly predicted cosleeping. The high incidence of parents reporting having coslept as a child also suggested a lifestyle choice. Thus, cosleeping seems to reflect a parent's way to cope with sleep problems, and the long persistence of this practice may be related to the lifestyle of families. |
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