Mannering, Anne M, Harold, Gordon T, Leve, Leslie D, Shelton, Katherine H, Shaw, Daniel S, Conger, Rand D, Neiderhiser, Jenae M, Scaramella, Laura V and Reiss, David (2011) Longitudinal associations between marital instability and child sleep problems across infancy and toddlerhood in adoptive families. Child Development, 82 (4). pp. 1252-1266. ISSN 0009-3920

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Abstract

This study examined the longitudinal association between marital instability and child sleep problems at ages 9 and 18months in 357 families with a genetically unrelated infant adopted at birth. This design eliminates shared genes as an explanation for similarities between parent and child. Structural equation modeling indicated that T1 marital instability predicted T2 child sleep problems, but T1 child sleep problems did not predict T2 marital instability. This result was replicated when models were estimated separately for mothers and fathers. Thus, even after controlling for stability in sleep problems and marital instability and eliminating shared genetic influences on associations using a longitudinal adoption design, marital instability prospectively predicts early childhood sleep patterns. © 2011 The Authors. Child Development © 2011 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Psychology > Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Depositing User:	Carmel Stevenson
Date Deposited:	11 Aug 2015 13:16
Last Modified:	11 Aug 2015 13:16
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/55563

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