Parent-infant room sharing during the first months of life: Longitudinal links with behavior during middle childhood
Publication year
2019Number of pages
18 p.
Source
Child Development, 90, 4, (2019), pp. 1350-1367ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal title
Child Development
Volume
vol. 90
Issue
iss. 4
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 1350
Page end
p. 1367
Subject
All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center; Radboudumc 13: Stress-related disorders DCMN: Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience; Social DevelopmentAbstract
Current recommendations encourage parent-infant room sharing for the first 6 months of life. This longitudinal study (N = 193) is the first to examine long-term relations of early room sharing with three domains of child behavior: sleep, behavior problems, and prosocial behavior. Information on room sharing was collected daily for infants' first 6 months. At ages 6, 7, and 8 years, outcomes were assessed with maternal and teacher questionnaires and behavioral observations. Early room sharing was not related to sleep problems or behavior problems. Additionally, more weeks of room sharing were positively related to higher maternal ratings of child sleep quality and more prosocial behavior. In conclusion, early room sharing appears to be related to positive, but not negative, behavior outcomes in middle childhood.
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