TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal Prenatal Depressive Symptoms and Infant Sleep Problems
T2 - The Role of Infant Temperament and Sex
AU - Dias, Cláudia Castro
AU - Pinto, Tiago Miguel
AU - Figueiredo, Bárbara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objectives: We aimed to analyze whether (1) infant temperament mediates the impact of maternal prenatal depressive symptoms on infant sleep problems and (2) the mediation role of infant temperament was moderated by the infant’s sex. Methods: The sample was comprised of 172 mother-infant dyads. Mothers completed self-reported measures of prenatal and postnatal depressive symptoms, infant temperament (negative affectivity, surgency/extraversion, and orienting regulation), and sleep problems. Results: While controlling for maternal postnatal depressive symptoms, our results revealed that (1) infant negative affectivity at two weeks partially mediated the impact of maternal prenatal depressive symptoms on sleep anxiety at six months, and (2) this mediation is independent of the infant’s sex. Conclusions: Our findings provided evidence that negative affectivity can be an early specific marker of sleep anxiety and can partially explain the negative impact of maternal prenatal depressive symptoms on further sleep problems in the infant.
AB - Objectives: We aimed to analyze whether (1) infant temperament mediates the impact of maternal prenatal depressive symptoms on infant sleep problems and (2) the mediation role of infant temperament was moderated by the infant’s sex. Methods: The sample was comprised of 172 mother-infant dyads. Mothers completed self-reported measures of prenatal and postnatal depressive symptoms, infant temperament (negative affectivity, surgency/extraversion, and orienting regulation), and sleep problems. Results: While controlling for maternal postnatal depressive symptoms, our results revealed that (1) infant negative affectivity at two weeks partially mediated the impact of maternal prenatal depressive symptoms on sleep anxiety at six months, and (2) this mediation is independent of the infant’s sex. Conclusions: Our findings provided evidence that negative affectivity can be an early specific marker of sleep anxiety and can partially explain the negative impact of maternal prenatal depressive symptoms on further sleep problems in the infant.
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U2 - 10.1080/15402002.2022.2155162
DO - 10.1080/15402002.2022.2155162
M3 - Article
C2 - 36533573
AN - SCOPUS:85144303457
SN - 1540-2002
VL - 21
SP - 695
EP - 711
JO - Behavioral Sleep Medicine
JF - Behavioral Sleep Medicine
IS - 6
ER -