TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal Well-Being and Sleep-Wake Behaviors in Infants
T2 - An Intervention Using Maternal Odor
AU - Goodlin-Jones, Beth L.
AU - Eiben, Lisa A.
AU - Anders, Thomas F.
PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - The development of an organized sleep-wake cycle in young infants is influenced by characteristics of both the infant and the parent, and by the nature of their dyadic interaction. Sleep-wake state organization is influenced first by homeostatic biological regulation, and later by socioemotional regulation. This report describes a feasibility study using an olfactory intervention designed to bridge the transition from physiologic to social regulation in sleep-wake state organization. A sample of 21 mother-infant dyads participated in an one year longitudinal study, after random assignment to either an experimental condition with a maternal odor-laden sleepaid, representational sleepaid (RSA) or a control condition with a neutral sleepaid, Sham Control (SC). Self-report questionnaires measured maternal psychological well-being, and video taping recorded infant sleep-wake behaviors repeatedly throughout the first year. RSA mothers reported significantly better levels of well-being throughout the year. At six and twelve months, mothers who reported more depressive feelings exhibited different nighttime interaction patterns. Infant sleep-wake state organization and sleepaid use changed significantly during the first year but were not altered by the intervention.
AB - The development of an organized sleep-wake cycle in young infants is influenced by characteristics of both the infant and the parent, and by the nature of their dyadic interaction. Sleep-wake state organization is influenced first by homeostatic biological regulation, and later by socioemotional regulation. This report describes a feasibility study using an olfactory intervention designed to bridge the transition from physiologic to social regulation in sleep-wake state organization. A sample of 21 mother-infant dyads participated in an one year longitudinal study, after random assignment to either an experimental condition with a maternal odor-laden sleepaid, representational sleepaid (RSA) or a control condition with a neutral sleepaid, Sham Control (SC). Self-report questionnaires measured maternal psychological well-being, and video taping recorded infant sleep-wake behaviors repeatedly throughout the first year. RSA mothers reported significantly better levels of well-being throughout the year. At six and twelve months, mothers who reported more depressive feelings exhibited different nighttime interaction patterns. Infant sleep-wake state organization and sleepaid use changed significantly during the first year but were not altered by the intervention.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000357134
VL - 18
SP - 378
EP - 393
JO - Infant Mental Health Journal
JF - Infant Mental Health Journal
SN - 0163-9641
IS - 4
ER -