Experimental studies of infant-parent co-sleeping: mutual physiological and behavioral influences and their relevance to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)

McKenna, James J.; Mosko, Sarah S.; Richard, Christopher A.; Drummond, Sean P.A.; Hunt, Lynn; Cetel, Mindy B.; Arpaia, Joseph

doi:10.1016/0378-3782(94)90211-9

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“…While our sleep recording procedures did not permit us to obtain such information, these differences within infants have been described in previous investigations using polysomnographic recordings of mothers and infants in the laboratory while sleeping together and while the infants slept alone (McKenna & Mosko, 1990;McKenna et al, 1994;Mosko, McKenna, Dickel, & Hunt, 1993;Mosko et al, 1997). In those studies, when infants who normally co-slept spent time sleeping alone, they showed sleep characteristics that were similar to the solitary sleep of the co-sleeping infants in the present study.…”

Section: The Sleep Of Infants Who Co-sleep When They Sleep Alone: a Rmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…This question has implications for infants who are participants in cosleeping as it is practiced in Western cultures. Data from laboratory studies indicate that sleep characteristics of infants differ markedly as a function of whether they are sleeping alone in a crib or with their mother (McKenna et al, 1994;Mosko, Richard, & McKenna, 1997;Mosko, Richard, McKenna, & Drummond, 1996). Thus, co-sleeping can be considered a major developmental experience that is in need of further study.…”

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The sleep of co‐sleeping infants when they are not co‐sleeping: Evidence that co‐sleeping is stressful

Hunsley

Thoman

2001

Developmental Psychobiology

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Co-sleeping proponents consider the practice to be "natural" and a potential protection against sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); others consider the practice of an infant sleeping in the parents' bed for prolonged periods at night to place an infant at risk for harm or death. For this study, co-sleeping was investigated from a different perspective, that is, as a significant early experience to investigate as it may have implications for the infant's development. The sleep of 101 normal, full-term infants was recorded nonintrusively in the home for 24 hr periods when they were 5 weeks and 6 months old. Infants were assigned to three groups: short-term co-sleepers, long-term co-sleepers, and non-co-sleepers. Their sleep states and wakefulness were compared at the two ages and over age. At 5 weeks and 6 months, the long-term co-sleeping infants differed significantly from the non-co-sleepers on a number of measures: At 5 weeks, they showed more quiet sleep and longer bouts of quiet sleep; and at 6 months, they also showed less active sleep, fewer arousals in active sleep, and less wakefulness. Each of these differences indicates a markedly lower arousal level in the long-term co-sleeping infants. This sleep pattern has been repeatedly found to be an indicator of stress. We infer that a major source of stress for these infants is the experience of sleep disturbance documented for infants when they were co-sleeping. Based on extensive evidence for long-term effects of early stress, we conclude that co-sleeping should have significant implications for infants' neurobehavioral development.

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Section: The Sleep Of Infants Who Co-sleep When They Sleep Alone: a Rmentioning

confidence: 79%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The sleep of co‐sleeping infants when they are not co‐sleeping: Evidence that co‐sleeping is stressful

Hunsley

Thoman

2001

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…The pattern of cosleeping in Furnas do Dionísio is also different from patterns found in western urban culture and in Asian studies 4,5,[12][13][14][15][16][17] , in which cosleeping is unusual and is even culturally dissuaded 10,14,15,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24] . The number of beds per bedroom and number of persons per bedroom is closer to the urban pattern, in which individual beds and bedrooms are emphasized 14,15,[19][20][21][22][25][26][27] .…”

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“…The number of beds per bedroom and number of persons per bedroom is closer to the urban pattern, in which individual beds and bedrooms are emphasized 14,15,[19][20][21][22][25][26][27] . It is certainly less than we observed in Native Brazilian Terena 7,9 and Bororo 8 children that share bedrooms with numerous beds and people of the same family sleeping in the same bedroom.…”

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Sleep characteristics in children in the isolated rural African-Brazilian descendant community of Furnas do Dionísio, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Reimão

Souza

Gaudioso³

et al. 1999

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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-Developmental and cultural factors affect sleep habits in childhood. The objective of this research was to determine sleep habits of children in the isolated rural African-Brazilian community of Furnas do Dionísio, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The members of this community are closely related descendants of the ex-slave Dionísio, and remained in relative geographical isolation for about a century. Sleep characteristics of 55 children (35M; 20F), 2 to 10 year olds, were evaluated in interviews with their mothers. The results showed that cosleeping, in the same bed with family members, was present in 80.0% of the 2-3 year olds; decreasing to 25.0% of the 8-10 year olds. Only 5.4% of the children slept alone in their own bedroom. Mean number of persons per bedroom was 2.8. Only 7.0% of the bedrooms had TV; 98.1% slept in silence. The data obtained support the need to weigh cultural factors influence on sleep.KEY WORDS: sleep, sleep habits, child, African-Brazilian, Negro, Black, Furnas do Dionísio, Mato Grosso do Sul. Características do sono da criança na comunidade negra rural isolada de Furnas do Dionísio no Mato Grosso do SulRESUMO -Hábitos de dormir da criança sofrem influências fisiológicas e culturais. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar os hábitos de dormir da criança da comunidade negra rural e isolada de Furnas do Dionísio, no Mato Grosso do Sul. A comunidade é composta dos membros de uma mesma família, descendentes do ex-escravo Dionísio, mantida por cerca de um século em isolamento geográfico relativo. As características de 55 crianças (35 M; 20 F), de 2 a 10 anos de idade, foram pesquisadas através de entrevistas com as mães. Resultou que o hábito de dormir junto (cosleeping) estava presente em 80,0 % aos 2-3 anos; reduzindo a 25,0 % aos 8-10 anos. Apenas 5,4% dormiam sozinhas em seu quarto. A média de pessoas por quarto foi 2,8. Apenas 7,0 % dos quartos tinham televisão; 98,1% eram silenciosos. Os resultados apóiam a necessidade de determinar a influência de fatores étnicos no sono.

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“…While bedsharing, infants have less deep sleep than when they sleep alone (13). The responsiveness of the mother to infant arousals during bedsharing might also be protective (14,15). These hypotheses need to be researched further.…”

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confidence: 99%

Recommendations for safe sleeping environments for infants and children

2004

Paediatrics &Amp; Child Health

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Experimental studies of infant-parent co-sleeping: mutual physiological and behavioral influences and their relevance to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)

Cited by 69 publications

References 12 publications

The sleep of co‐sleeping infants when they are not co‐sleeping: Evidence that co‐sleeping is stressful

The sleep of co‐sleeping infants when they are not co‐sleeping: Evidence that co‐sleeping is stressful

Sleep characteristics in children in the isolated rural African-Brazilian descendant community of Furnas do Dionísio, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Recommendations for safe sleeping environments for infants and children

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