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The Effects of Social Support on the Relationship between Infant Sleep and Postnatal Depression

Y King
Y King
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S Blunden
S Blunden
   | 16. Sept. 2022
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Article Category: Education, Multidisciplinary - Social Sciences
Online veröffentlicht: 16. Sept. 2022
Seitenbereich: 2 - 17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21913/JDRSS.v2i1.1287
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Figure 1.

Bronfenbrenner: Ecological Theory of Child Development (adapted from (27)).
Bronfenbrenner: Ecological Theory of Child Development (adapted from (27)).

Figure 2.

Scatterplots showing relationships between the variables of interest; infant nocturnal sleep and wake time, postnatal depression (PND), and social support scores.
Scatterplots showing relationships between the variables of interest; infant nocturnal sleep and wake time, postnatal depression (PND), and social support scores.

Figure 3.

Proposed relationship between nocturnal sleep time (upper), nocturnal wake time (lower) and postnatal depression score (PND) with social support as a moderator.
Proposed relationship between nocturnal sleep time (upper), nocturnal wake time (lower) and postnatal depression score (PND) with social support as a moderator.

Demographics of the sample.

Variable n
Gender
    Female 105
    Male     3
Age (years)
    16-24   14
    25-34   67
    35-44   27
Highest Level of Education
    Year 10   10
    Year 12   13
    Diploma   19
    Associate Degree     1
    Bachelor’s Degree   45
    Master’s Degree   15
    Doctorate Degree     5
Relationship Status
    Single (Never Married)     7
    Married   81
    Separated     3
    Divorced     1
    De Facto   16
Number of Children
    1   55
    2   38
    3   11
    4     4
Language Spoken at Home
    English 105
    Other     3

Means, SDs, and t-statistics of demographics and variables of interest by group membership (parents reporting infants who were sleep-disturbed compared to those reporting less sleep disturbance).

Variable Sleep-Disturbed Not Sleep-Disturbed t106 Total
n 48 60 108
Gender
    Female 47 58 105
    Male 1 2 3
Age (years)
    16-24 8 6 14
    25-34 25 42 67
    35-44 15 12 27
Postnatal Depression 10.67 ± 5.22 8.22 ± 4.45 -2.63* 9.31 ± 4.94
Social Support 79.77 ± 10.04 85.72 ± 9.91 3.08* 83.07 ± 10.35
Nocturnal Sleep Time 9.47 ± 1.14 10.95 ± .763 7.72** 10.29 ± 1.20
Daytime Sleep 2.26 ± 1.04 2.55 ± .76 1.64 2.42 ± .90
Nocturnal Wakefulness 1.44 ± 1.23 0.57 ± 1.16 6.78** 0.96 ± 1.26
No. of Night Wakings 2.87 ± 1.63 1.25 ± 1.08 -5.65** 1.97 ± 1.57

Correlation Coefficients for postnatal depression (PND), social support, and child sleep variables.

PND Social Support Nocturnal Sleep Duration Daytime Sleep Nocturnal Wakefulness No. of Night Awakenings
PND 1 -0.539** -0.231* -0.013 -0.228* 0.066
Social Support 1 0.329** 0.064 0.199* -0.052
Nocturnal Sleep Duration 1 0.035 0.411** -0.394**
Daytime Sleep 1 -0.096 0.115
Nocturnal Wakefulness 1 -0.469**
No. of Night Awakenings 1
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