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. 2011 Sep;20(5):495-508.
doi: 10.1002/icd.720.

Temperament and Sleep-Wake Behaviors from Infancy to Toddlerhood

Marie J Hayes  1 , Shannon K McCoy, Michio Fukumizu, Joseph D Wellman, Janet A Dipietro
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Temperament and Sleep-Wake Behaviors from Infancy to Toddlerhood

Marie J Hayes et al. Infant Child Dev. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

Sleep-wake behaviors and temperament were examined longitudinally for trait stability and relationship to behavioral state regulation from infancy to early childhood. Subjects were 120 low-risk, full-term infants from a middle class sample. At 6 weeks, parents completed 3 consecutive days of the Baby's Day Diary which measures sleep, wake, fuss, feed and cry states and the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire. At 16 months, parents assessed sleep behaviors with the Sleep Habits Inventory and temperament with the Toddler Symptom Checklist. At 24 months, parents repeated 3 days of the Baby's Day Diary. Structural Equation Modeling was used to examine cross-age hypotheses for sleep-wake and temperament associations. From early infancy to toddlerhood, sleep-wake behaviors and irritable temperament were notably stable but independent in this cohort.

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