US fathers' reports of bonding, infant temperament and psychosocial stress based on family sleep arrangements.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Evolutionary-grounded sleep research has been critical to establishing the mutual dependence of breastfeeding and nighttime sleep proximity for mothers and infants. Evolutionary perspectives on cosleeping also often emphasize the emotional motivations for and potential benefits of sleep proximity, including for parent-infant bonding. However, this potential link between infant sleep location and bonding remains understudied for both mothers and fathers. Moreover, in Euro-American contexts bedsharing has been linked to family stress and difficult child temperament, primarily via maternal reports. We know relatively little about whether paternal psychosocial dynamics differ based on family sleep arrangements, despite fathers and other kin often being present

SUBMITTER: Gettler LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830308 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature