Parental perceptions of sleep problems among co-sleeping and solitary sleeping children

To explore whether parental report of frequency of problematic sleep behaviours overestimates the subjective experience of sleep problems among co‐sleepers, and whether classification as reactive or intentional co‐sleeping is related to parental judgments about children's sleep, 139 parents of...

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Published in:Infant and child development 2007-08, Vol.16 (4), p.417-431
Main Authors: Ramos, Kathleen Dyer, Youngclarke, Davin, Anderson, Jane E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bedsharing
Behavior
Children
Children & youth
co-sleeping
Parenting
parenting beliefs
Parents & parenting
Perceptions
Sleep
Sleep problems
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Summary:To explore whether parental report of frequency of problematic sleep behaviours overestimates the subjective experience of sleep problems among co‐sleepers, and whether classification as reactive or intentional co‐sleeping is related to parental judgments about children's sleep, 139 parents of young children were recruited from urban paediatric offices. The Child Sleep Behaviour Survey asked about potentially problematic sleep behaviours, and yielded a simple frequency score (frequency of all items) and a weighted frequency score (only behaviours considered problematic by the parent). Parents described sleeping arrangements and demographic characteristics. Simple frequency of behaviours was higher among co‐sleepers than among solitary sleepers. Weighted frequencies were lower in all groups, but highest among reactive co‐sleepers. Parents of intentional co‐sleepers notice children's sleep behaviours that they do not consider problematic. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1522-7227
1522-7219
DOI:10.1002/icd.526