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ERIC Number: EJ732177
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Dec
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-398X
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A Comparison of the Sleep-Wake Patterns of Cosleeping and Solitary-Sleeping Infants
Mao, Amy; Burnham, Melissa M.; Goodlin-Jones, Beth L.; Gaylor, Erika E.; Anders, Thomas F.
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, v35 n2 p95-105 Dec 2004
This study examined whether 3-15, month-old cosleeping infants displayed differences in time spent in active versus quiet sleep, and in the number/duration of nighttime awakenings when compared with solitary-sleeping infants; and also whether they spent the majority of the night sleeping face-to-face, as previously reported. Nine cosleeping and nine solitary-sleeping infants were matched on age, gender, ethnicity, maternal age, and family SES. Video recordings of nighttime sleep yielded percentage of time in active sleep, quiet sleep, and awake, number of wakenings, and the percentage of time cosleeping infants and mothers spent face-to-face. Across age, cosleeping infants had more awakenings per night mean 5.8 (1.50) versus 3.2(1.95); t=3.16, p =.006). The percent of the nighttime spent awake did not differ between groups, suggesting that cosleeping infants had shorter awakenings. Cosleeping infants spent 40% of the night face-to-face with their mothers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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