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Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Dysfunctional Cognitions, and Infant Night Waking: The Role of Maternal Nighttime Behavior
Author(s) -
Teti Douglas M.,
Crosby Brian
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01760.x
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , psychology , bedtime , developmental psychology , cognition , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , clinical psychology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Mechanisms were examined to clarify relations between maternal depressive symptoms, dysfunctional cognitions, and infant night waking among 45 infants (1–24 months) and their mothers. A mother‐driven mediational model was tested in which maternal depressive symptoms and dysfunctional cognitions about infant sleep predicted infant night waking via their impact on mothers’ bedtime and nighttime behavior with infants (from video). Two infant‐driven mediational models were also examined, in which infant night waking predicted maternal depressive symptoms, or dysfunctional cognitions, via their impact on nighttime maternal behavior. Stronger support for the mother‐driven model was obtained, which was further supported by qualitative observations from video‐recordings. This study provides important insights about maternal depression’s effects on nighttime parenting, and how such parenting affects infant sleep.