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

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

Eat, Sleep, Work
Volume 2 (2020): Issue 1 (January 2020)
By: Y King and  S Blunden  
Open Access
|Sep 2022

Figures & Tables

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)_

VariableSleep-DisturbedNot Sleep-Disturbed t106 Total
n 4860 108
Gender
    Female 4758 105
    Male 12 3
Age (years)
    16-24 86 14
    25-34 2542 67
    35-44 1512 27
Postnatal Depression 10.67 ± 5.228.22 ± 4.45-2.63*9.31 ± 4.94
Social Support 79.77 ± 10.0485.72 ± 9.913.08*83.07 ± 10.35
Nocturnal Sleep Time 9.47 ± 1.1410.95 ± .7637.72**10.29 ± 1.20
Daytime Sleep 2.26 ± 1.042.55 ± .761.642.42 ± .90
Nocturnal Wakefulness 1.44 ± 1.230.57 ± 1.166.78**0.96 ± 1.26
No. of Night Wakings 2.87 ± 1.631.25 ± 1.08-5.65**1.97 ± 1.57

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

PNDSocial SupportNocturnal Sleep DurationDaytime SleepNocturnal WakefulnessNo. of Night Awakenings
PND 1-0.539**-0.231*-0.013-0.228*0.066
Social Support 10.329**0.0640.199*-0.052
Nocturnal Sleep Duration 10.0350.411**-0.394**
Daytime Sleep 1-0.0960.115
Nocturnal Wakefulness 1-0.469**
No. of Night Awakenings 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21913/JDRSS.v2i1.1287 | Journal eISSN: 2206-5369 | Journal ISSN: 2205-0612
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Language: English
Page range: 2 - 17
Published on: Sep 16, 2022
Published by: University of South Australia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Sleep,
infants,
social support,
depression,
Bioecological Model
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Education,
Education, other,
Social pedagogy, social work

© 2022 Y King, S Blunden, published by University of South Australia
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