Mother-to-Infant Bonding is Associated with Maternal Insomnia, Snoring, Cognitive Arousal, and Infant Sleep Problems and Colic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Emerging evidence links maternal and infant sleep problems to impairments in the mother-to-infant bond, but the independence and directionality of these associations remain unclear. The present study characterized concurrent and prospective effects of maternal sleep disturbances and poor infant sleep on the mother-infant relationship. As common sequalae of problematic sleep, nocturnal cognitive hyperarousal and daytime sleepiness were investigated as facilitating mechanisms.

Participants

Sixty-seven pregnant women enrolled in a prospective study on maternal sleep.

Methods

Sociodemographic information and clinical symptoms were measured prenatally then weekly across the first two postpartum months. Women reported insomnia symptoms, sleep duration, snoring, da

SUBMITTER: Kalmbach DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627527 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature