Open AccessPerceived Toddler Sleep Problems, Co-sleeping, and Maternal Sleep and Mental Health
Author(s) -
Lauren Covington,
Bridget Armstrong,
Maureen M. Black
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics/journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.77
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1536-7312
pISSN - 0196-206X
DOI - 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000535
Subject(s) - toddler , mental health , sleep (system call) , anxiety , psychology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
Childhood sleep problems are associated with insufficient parental sleep and adverse maternal mental health symptoms, which may be exacerbated when mothers/toddlers co-sleep (i.e., bed/room sharing). This study examines maternal sleep duration as a mechanism linking perceived toddler sleep problems with maternal mental health and examines whether these associations vary by co-sleeping, in addition to exploring alternative models.