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Associations of preschool reactive bed-sharing with sociodemographic factors, sleep disturbance, and psychopathology.

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Marakovitz, SE; Sheldrick, RC; Copeland, WE; Restrepo, B; Hastedt, I; Carpenter, KLH; McGinnis, EW; Egger, HL
Published in: Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health
May 17, 2023

OBJECTIVE: To advance understanding of early childhood bed-sharing and its clinical significance, we examined reactive bed-sharing rates, sociodemographic correlates, persistence, and concurrent and longitudinal associations with sleep disturbances and psychopathology. METHODS: Data from a representative cohort of 917 children (mean age 3.8 years) recruited from primary pediatric clinics in a Southeastern city for a preschool anxiety study were used. Sociodemographics and diagnostic classifications for sleep disturbances and psychopathology were obtained using the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA), a structured diagnostic interview administered to caregivers. A subsample of 187 children was re-assessed approximately 24.7 months after the initial PAPA interview. RESULTS: Reactive bed-sharing was reported by 38.4% of parents, 22.9% nightly and 15.5% weekly, and declined with age. At follow-up, 48.9% of nightly bed-sharers and 88.7% of weekly bed-sharers were no longer bed-sharing. Sociodemographics associated with nightly bed-sharing were Black and (combined) American Indian, Alaska Native and Asian race and ethnicity, low income and parent education less than high school. Concurrently, bed-sharing nightly was associated with separation anxiety and sleep terrors; bed-sharing weekly was associated with sleep terrors and difficulty staying asleep. No longitudinal associations were found between reactive bed-sharing and sleep disturbances or psychopathology after controlling for sociodemographics, baseline status of the outcome and time between interviews. CONCLUSIONS: Reactive bed-sharing is relatively common among preschoolers, varies significantly by sociodemographic factors, declines during the preschool years and is more persistent among nightly than weekly bed-sharers. Reactive bed-sharing may be an indicator of sleep disturbances and/or anxiety but there is no evidence that bed-sharing is an antecedent or consequence of sleep disturbances or psychopathology.

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Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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ISSN

1753-2000

Publication Date

May 17, 2023

Volume

17

Issue

1

Start / End Page

62

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Marakovitz, S. E., Sheldrick, R. C., Copeland, W. E., Restrepo, B., Hastedt, I., Carpenter, K. L. H., … Egger, H. L. (2023). Associations of preschool reactive bed-sharing with sociodemographic factors, sleep disturbance, and psychopathology. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, 17(1), 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00607-w
Marakovitz, Susan E., R Christopher Sheldrick, William E. Copeland, Bibiana Restrepo, Ingrid Hastedt, Kimberly L. H. Carpenter, Ellen W. McGinnis, and Helen L. Egger. “Associations of preschool reactive bed-sharing with sociodemographic factors, sleep disturbance, and psychopathology.Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 17, no. 1 (May 17, 2023): 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00607-w.
Marakovitz SE, Sheldrick RC, Copeland WE, Restrepo B, Hastedt I, Carpenter KLH, et al. Associations of preschool reactive bed-sharing with sociodemographic factors, sleep disturbance, and psychopathology. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2023 May 17;17(1):62.
Marakovitz, Susan E., et al. “Associations of preschool reactive bed-sharing with sociodemographic factors, sleep disturbance, and psychopathology.Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, vol. 17, no. 1, May 2023, p. 62. Pubmed, doi:10.1186/s13034-023-00607-w.
Marakovitz SE, Sheldrick RC, Copeland WE, Restrepo B, Hastedt I, Carpenter KLH, McGinnis EW, Egger HL. Associations of preschool reactive bed-sharing with sociodemographic factors, sleep disturbance, and psychopathology. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2023 May 17;17(1):62.
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Published In

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

DOI

ISSN

1753-2000

Publication Date

May 17, 2023

Volume

17

Issue

1

Start / End Page

62

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology