Research Article

The Relationship between Mothers’ Attachment Orientations and Their Infants’ Sleep Patterns

Table 1

Correlations between mother’s perception of child’s sleep quality and reported duration of sleep and wakefulness ( ).

Nocturnal sleep durationDaytime sleep durationTime required to put to bed at nightFrequency of nocturnal wakingsTime awake at night

Cosleeping−.16.21*.42***.43***.40***
Sleeping and falling asleep difficulties−.29**.20*.56***.45***.69***
Perception of sleep as a problem−.27**.14.64***.63***.53***

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