Parents who worry about their kids’ sleep problems are at risk of depression
Waking up in the night. Waking early. Trouble falling asleep. Behavioural sleep problems like these affect 20 to 30 percent of young children.
Much research has focused on the negative effects of children?s behavioural sleep problems on their own wellbeing. But less attention has been paid to the effects of children?s sleep problems on their parents.
Some studies have linked maternal depression to infant sleep problems, with depression scores decreasing after nurses have helped mothers improve infants? sleep. Only minimal attention has been given to the effects of infants? sleep problems on fathers.
Analyzing data from Canadian parents, our research team wanted to examine links between their thinking about sleep problems, mothers? and fathers? sleep quality, parental fatigue and depression in the context of infants? behavioural sleep problems. After an intervention for infants? sleep problems, we found that mothers? depression was associated with their sleep quality, fatigue and thoughts about infant sleep. (These thoughts included doubts about managing infant sleep, anger about infants? sleep and setting limits around infants? sleep). Fathers? depression was linked with their sleep quality, fatigue and thoughts about infant sleep (doubts about managing infant sleep, and setting limits around infants? sleep).
Sleep quality and fatigue are often viewed as symptoms of maternal depression. These findings are therefore important because paternal depression has been examined les...
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