PMID- 25127316 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160609 LR - 20220408 IS - 1540-2010 (Electronic) IS - 1540-2002 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 1 DP - 2016 TI - Postpartum Maternal Sleep, Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Self-Perceived Mother-Infant Emotional Relationship. PG - 5-22 LID - 10.1080/15402002.2014.940111 [doi] AB - This study examined the links between maternal sleep, maternal depressive symptoms, and mothers' perceptions of their emotional relationship with their infant in a self-recruited sample of mothers. Eighty mothers of infants 3-18 months old completed sleep diaries for 5 consecutive nights, and questionnaires assessing sleep (Insomnia Severity Index [ISI]), depressive symptom severity (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [EPDS]), and perceived mother-infant relationship (Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire [PBQ] and Maternal Postnatal Attachment Questionnaire [MPAQ]). Significant correlations, controlling for depression severity, were found between more disturbed maternal sleep and more negative maternal perceptions of the mother-infant relationship. Regression analyses revealed that EPDS showed the strongest association with PBQ, whereas ISI demonstrated the strongest association with MPAQ. The present study highlights the importance of deepening and expanding our understanding of the negative implications of maternal sleep problems. FAU - Tikotzky, Liat AU - Tikotzky L AD - a Department of Psychology , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140815 PL - England TA - Behav Sleep Med JT - Behavioral sleep medicine JID - 101149327 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Depression, Postpartum/complications/physiopathology/*psychology MH - *Emotions MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Male MH - Mother-Child Relations/*psychology MH - Mothers/*psychology MH - *Object Attachment MH - Postpartum Period/*psychology MH - Records MH - Regression Analysis MH - *Self Concept MH - Sleep/physiology MH - Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/complications/physiopathology/*psychology MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2014/08/16 06:00 MHDA- 2016/06/10 06:00 CRDT- 2014/08/16 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/06/10 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1080/15402002.2014.940111 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Sleep Med. 2016;14(1):5-22. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2014.940111. Epub 2014 Aug 15.