Infant sleep problems: Origins, assessment, interventions

Sadeh, Avi; Anders, Thomas F.

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“…The results of this study, in combination with findings from other studies, suggest a complex, transactional model of the relations between infant night waking and maternal postpartum depression (see also Sadeh & Anders, 1993). This model incorporates both the assumption that chronic infant night waking is linked with contemporaneous increases in depressive symptoms in some mothers due to sleep deprivation and the assumption that maternal depression, regardless of its source, can lead to increases over time in night waking in some infants as a result of ineffective parenting practices.…”

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Night waking in 6-month-old infants and maternal depressive symptoms

Karraker

Young

2007

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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Relations between night waking in infants and depressive symptoms in their mothers at 6 months postpartum were examined using the data from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care. Although more depressive symptoms were only weakly correlated with a higher frequency of infant waking, longer wake times, and more total time awake, the rate of clinically significant depression scores was about double in mothers of chronically waking infants in comparison with mothers whose infants did not awaken during the night. The value of comparing subgroups to elucidate relations identified through correlations is discussed.

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Night waking in 6-month-old infants and maternal depressive symptoms

Karraker

Young

2007

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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“…[54][55][56][57] Ancient underlying emotions controlled by the limbic system of the brain undoubtedly evolved to ameliorate, throughout our evolution, a life-threatening situation i.e. separation from the caregiver.…”

Section: Is Cosleeping Biologically Appropriate or Anachronistic?mentioning

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Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breast feeding

McKenna

McDade

2005

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

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“…Models used in the investigation of sleep quality during early childhood view sleep as occurring within the context of both internal factors (biological, maturational, health related, psychosocial) and external factors (familial, environmental, cultural), which directly or indirectly influence how well children sleep. 29,30 These models emphasize the role of caretakers in ensuring that children have a regular sleep/wake schedule, a suitable sleep environment, and a bedtime routine that prepares them physiologically, behaviorally, and emotionally for sleep. These practices, commonly referred to as sleep hygiene, are considered to mediate or moderate the influence of the contextual variables.…”

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The Relationship Between Reported Sleep Quality and Sleep Hygiene in Italian and American Adolescents

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Objective-The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between self-reported sleep quality and sleep hygiene in Italian and American adolescents and to assess whether sleephygiene practices mediate the relationship between culture and sleep quality.Methods-Two nonprobability samples were collected from public schools in Rome, Italy, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Students completed the following self-report measures: Adolescent Sleep-Wake Scale, Adolescent Sleep Hygiene Scale, Pubertal Developmental Scale, and Morningness/Eveningness Scale.Results-The final sample included 776 Italian and 572 American adolescents 12 to 17 years old. Italian adolescents reported much better sleep hygiene and substantially better sleep quality than American adolescents. A moderate-to-strong linear relationship was found between sleep hygiene and sleep quality in both samples. Separate hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed on both samples. Demographic and individual characteristics explained a significant proportion of the variance in sleep quality (Italians: 18%; Americans: 25%), and the addition of sleep-hygiene domains explained significantly more variance in sleep quality (Italians: 17%; Americans: 16%). A final hierarchical multiple regression analysis with both samples combined showed that culture (Italy versus United States) only explained 0.8% of the variance in sleep quality after controlling for sleep hygiene and all other variables.Conclusions-Cross-cultural differences in sleep quality, for the most part, were due to differences in sleep-hygiene practices. Sleep hygiene is an important predictor of sleep quality in Italian and American adolescents, thus supporting the implementation and evaluation of educational programs on good sleep-hygiene practices. Adolescence is a period characterized by important changes in cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional functioning attributable to biological development (ie, puberty) and to new roles and demands in the familial and social milieu (eg, decreased parental involvement, increased academic requirements). There also are dramatic changes in sleep/wake patterns during adolescence, including a decrease in sleep duration, 1-3 a delay in the timing of sleep, 4,5 and an increasingly large discrepancy between weekday and weekend sleep patterns. 6-9 Sleep quality is reduced as well. 10 Community-and school-based studies conducted in Europe, Asia, and the United States suggest that between 6% and 37% of adolescents report difficulties on ≥1 of the following behavioral dimensions of sleep quality: going to bed, 11,12 falling asleep, 3,13-17 maintaining undisturbed sleep, 10,16-18 reinitiating sleep after nocturnal awakenings, 3,16,17 and returning to wakefulness in the morning. 7,9,15,17 Furthermore, up to 16% of adolescents are considered to have clinically significant insomnia. 16,19,20 There is ample evidence that inadequate sleep quantity and quality are linked to significant problems in several aspects of teenagers' lives. 5,8 Sleepiness ...

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Infant sleep problems: Origins, assessment, interventions

Cited by 262 publications

References 53 publications

Night waking in 6-month-old infants and maternal depressive symptoms

Night waking in 6-month-old infants and maternal depressive symptoms

Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breast feeding

The Relationship Between Reported Sleep Quality and Sleep Hygiene in Italian and American Adolescents

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