The proposed longitudinal study investigates early sleep development and its relation to infant-mother interaction and neonatal medical risks in preterm/low birth weight (PT LBW) infants. This study, which is an extension of Dr. Poehlmann's NIH-funded R01, follows infants for 2 years and involves data collected at hospital discharge, 4, 9, and 24 months (corrected for gestational age). This extension has 3 specific aims, which are not addressed in the original grant: (1) to document the development of sleep patterns in PT LBW infants over the first two years of life, (2) to investigate infant-mother interaction quality as a mediator of the relationship between neonatal health risks and early sleep problems, and (3) to investigate whether early PT LBW infant sleep problems lead to less, optimal infant-mother interactions over time, thus amplifying infant sleep problems at 2 years. The proposed investigation will advance the field of child development by examining the longitudinal processes involved in the development of early sleep regulation and will extend our knowledge of (1) PT LBW infant sleep, (2) the interaction of infant-mother relations and infant sleep over time, and (3) how neonatal medical risks directly and indirectly relate to the development of sleep problems. ? ?
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| Schwichtenberg, A J; Shah, Prachi E; Poehlmann, Julie (2013) Sleep and Attachment in Preterm Infants. Infant Ment Health J 34:37-46 |
| Poehlmann, Julie; Schwichtenberg, Aj Miller; Hahn, Emily et al. (2012) COMPLIANCE, OPPOSITION, AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN TODDLERS BORN PRETERM OR LOW BIRTHWEIGHT. Infant Ment Health J 33:34-44 |
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| Schwichtenberg, A J; Anders, Thomas F; Vollbrecht, Melissa et al. (2011) Daytime sleep and parenting interactions in infants born preterm. J Dev Behav Pediatr 32:8-17 |
| Poehlmann, Julie; Schwichtenberg, A J Miller; Bolt, Daniel M et al. (2011) Infant physiological regulation and maternal risks as predictors of dyadic interaction trajectories in families with a preterm infant. Dev Psychol 47:91-105 |
| Poehlmann, Julie; Schwichtenberg, A J Miller; Shah, Prachi E et al. (2010) The development of effortful control in children born preterm. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 39:522-36 |
| Schwichtenberg, A J M; Poehlmann, Julie (2009) A transactional model of sleep-wake regulation in infants born preterm or low birthweight. J Pediatr Psychol 34:837-49 |
| Poehlmann, Julie; Schwichtenberg, A J Miller; Bolt, Daniel et al. (2009) Predictors of depressive symptom trajectories in mothers of preterm or low birth weight infants. J Fam Psychol 23:690-704 |
