The developmental change in strategies parents employ to settle young children to sleep, and their relationship to infant sleeping problems, as assessed by a new questionnaire: the Parental Interactive Bedtime Behaviour Scale

Morrell, Julian M. B.; Cortina-Borja, M.

doi:10.1002/icd.251

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“…Infants who fall asleep alone in the crib and sleep in a crib in a separate room are more likely to sleep through the night, with fewer night wakings. 9,55,56 It is also possible that parents of such infants are less likely to notice when their infant wakes up, because of the distance and visual separation.…”

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A Brief Screening Questionnaire for Infant Sleep Problems: Validation and Findings for an Internet Sample

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A Brief Screening Questionnaire for Infant Sleep Problems: Validation and Findings for an Internet Sample

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“…Higher scores indicated more active comforting. Settling in the parents' bed has been significantly correlated with infants' sleeping problems (Morrell & Cortina-Borja, 2002). In the present study, Cronbach's alpha for the subscale was .75.…”

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Quality of Preterm Infants’ Night Sleep: and Online Community-Based Survey of Maternal Factors and Perceptions of Infants’ Nighttime Awakenings and Sleep Problems

Ali

Wendy²,

Fay³

et al. 2014

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Background: Between one-quarter and one-third of infants aged six months to five years have sleeping problems. Infants' night sleep patterns, in particular problematic night waking with crying, are a common concern for parents. Many factors can influence the development of infants’ night sleep patterns and sleep problems, including parental interaction. Objectives: To examine the associations between premature infants’ nighttime awakening, mothers’ reports of sleep problem severity, and maternal factors, including mothers’ styles of attachment and behaviors used to settle their infants to sleep. Method: The cross sectional survey study used a web-based questionnaire to collect data from a community-based sample of 105 mothers of singleton premature infants aged 5-6 months (corrected age) across a number of English speaking countries. The main outcome measures were mothers’ perceptions of infants’ nighttime awakenings (frequency and duration) and presence of infant sleep problems. Results: Of the 55% of mothers who reported that their infants had sleep problems, 17% described the problem as serious. The majority of infants woke 2.1 times per night for an average of 45.7 minutes per night. Mothers’ style of attachment and personal history of sleep problems predicted the duration of the infants’ nighttime awakening, whereas maternal active physical comforting predicted the frequency of nighttime awakenings. Conclusions: The findings can guide healthcare providers to screen mothers for an anxious style of attachment, perceptions of infant sleep problems, and use of active physical comforting strategies for bedtime settling when assessing premature infants’ sleep problems. Keywords: Maternal Attachment, Nighttime Awakenings, Premature Infant, Settling Strategies, Sleep Problem

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“…To date, maternal psychopathology received great attention (anxiety and depression) (Keller, Buckhalt, and El-Sheikh, 2008): the authors reported that children's sleep difficulties are related to psychological distress in mothers (Martin et al, 2007) and they are connected with an increase of marital conflict (Kelly and El-Sheikh, 2011) and of parenting stress (Morrell and Cortina-Borja, 2002).…”

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Parental stress and bedtime routines in toddlerhood

Stasio¹,

Ragni²,

Boldrini³

et al. 2018

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Objectives. Main purposes of our study were to explore: a) the relationship between paternal and maternal perceptions of their interactions with the child during bedtime routines; b) the possible relationship among context dimensions (social support, marital satisfaction, parenting stress and bedtime routines). We examined both parents' subjective experience toward children's bedtime routines and their personal relationship with going to sleep. Results. Correlations outcome evidenced positive relationships between maternal PSIS global score and paternal PSI "Difficult Child" (r = .31 p = 0.05), maternal subscale PSIS, "Sleep Reinforcement" score and maternal PSI "Parental distress" (r = .38 p= 0.05) score, paternal PSIS "Sleep Conflict" and maternal PSI "Difficult Child" score (r = .47 p = 0.05), maternal PSIS "Sleep Conflict" score and PSI "Difficult Child" reported by both parents (mothers r = .40 p = 0.01; fathers r = .47, p = 0.05, respectively). Examining parent's answers to the brief semi-structured interview, putting children to sleep is considered a positive and intimate moment (mothers = 80%; fathers = 46%) and children's sleep doesn't represent a problem (mothers = 76%; fathers = 61%). 56% of mothers and 38% of fathers wrote about their bedtime routines as a positive and relaxed moment spent with parents. Conclusions. A good concordance between mothers' and fathers' perceptions about children's bedtime routines was detected. Proximal context can influence bedtime routine, specifically parental stress can lead to critic bedtime routines. Primary care practitioners can play an instrumental role in helping families institute positive sleep practices and improving sleep in toddlers.

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The developmental change in strategies parents employ to settle young children to sleep, and their relationship to infant sleeping problems, as assessed by a new questionnaire: the Parental Interactive Bedtime Behaviour Scale

Cited by 105 publications

References 21 publications

A Brief Screening Questionnaire for Infant Sleep Problems: Validation and Findings for an Internet Sample

A Brief Screening Questionnaire for Infant Sleep Problems: Validation and Findings for an Internet Sample

Quality of Preterm Infants’ Night Sleep: and Online Community-Based Survey of Maternal Factors and Perceptions of Infants’ Nighttime Awakenings and Sleep Problems

Parental stress and bedtime routines in toddlerhood

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