Maternal nighttime sleep and infant-mother attachment security: The mediating role of maternal parenting quality during bedtime and free play.

ABSTRACT: The present study examined mothers' emotional availability (EA) during daytime free play and bedtime as a mediator of linkages between maternal nighttime sleep and infant-mother attachment. Participants included 153 mothers (85% White) with infants (53% female). When infants were 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, maternal sleep was assessed using actigraphy and daily sleep diaries for 7 consecutive days. At each time point, mothers' EA was scored from one observation of daytime free play and from one evening observation of infant bedtime by trained observers who were blind to all other participant information. Average scores were created for maternal sleep and EA across the five occasions in the first year. At 12 and 18 months, infant-mother attachment security in the home was scored by blind obs

SUBMITTER: Bai L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585969 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature