Associations between infant temperament, maternal stress, and infants' sleep across the first year of life

Barbara M Sorondo; Bethany C Reeb-Sutherland

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.02.010

Associations between infant temperament, maternal stress, and infants' sleep across the first year of life

Infant Behav Dev. 2015 May:39:131-5. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.02.010. Epub 2015 Apr 1.

Authors

Barbara M Sorondo¹, Bethany C Reeb-Sutherland²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, DM 256, Miami, FL 33199, United States. Electronic address: bsorondo@fiu.edu.
² Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, DM 256, Miami, FL 33199, United States. Electronic address: besuther@fiu.edu.

Abstract

Effects of temperament and maternal stress on infant sleep behaviors were explored longitudinally. Negative temperament was associated with sleep problems, and with longer sleep latency and night wakefulness, whereas maternal stress was associated with day sleep duration, suggesting infant and maternal characteristics affect sleep differentially.

Keywords: Infancy; Maternal stress; Negative reactivity; Sex differences; Sleep; Temperament.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Child
Child Behavior
Female
Humans
Infant
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mothers / psychology*
Parents
Sex Characteristics
Sleep / physiology*
Stress, Psychological / psychology*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Temperament / physiology*
Wakefulness / physiology

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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