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Using a Murine Model of Psychosocial Stress in Pregnancy as a Translationally Relevant Paradigm for Psychiatric Disorders in Mothers and Infants
Published on: June 13, 2021
Maternal insomnia and children's family socialization environments
Alice M Gregory1, Terrie E Moffitt, Antony Ambler
1Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK. a.gregory@gold.ac.uk
Study Objectives:
To examine concurrent associations between maternal insomnia and different aspects of the family socialization environment.
Design:
Mothers reported on their symptoms of insomnia in a private standardized interview and interviewers evaluated the family socialization environment using the Coder's Inventory.
Setting:
Assessments were conducted in participants' homes within the U.K.
Patients Or Participants:
One thousand one hundred sixteen mothers of British children enrolled in the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) study were invited to participate when their children were aged 12 years.
Interventions:
N/A.
Measurements And Results:
After controlling for family socioeconomic status (SES), mothers' relationship status, and maternal depression, maternal insomnia was associated with a poorer family socialization environment (β = -0.10, [95% confidence intervals (CI) = -0.16, -0.04], P < 0.001). When family socialization environment subscales were examined, after controlling for family SES, mothers' relationship status, and maternal depression, maternal insomnia was associated with greater chaos (β = 0.09, [95% CI = 0.03, 0.15], P = 0.002), greater child neglect (β = 0.13, [95% CI = 0.07, 0.18], P < 0.001), less happiness (β = -0.13, [95% CI = -0.18, -0.07], P < 0.001), less child stimulation (β = -0.06, [95% CI = -0.11, 0.00], P = 0.043), but not poorer state of the home, such as orderliness (β = -0.04, [95% CI = -0.10, 0.02], P = 0.182).
Conclusions:
Maternal insomnia is associated with the family socialization environment. This finding emphasizes the need to consider insomnia in the family context.
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