PARENTS AND CHILDREN SLEEPING TOGETHER

Review of the cosleeping literature yields a very limited body of prevalence research, only a small portion of which involves psychiatric populations. An archival records review of child and adolescent urban outpatients suggests that prevalence has been underestimated in the literature and that cosl...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1995-07, Vol.65 (3), p.411-418
Main Authors: Rath, Frank H., Okum, Marjorie E.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Review of the cosleeping literature yields a very limited body of prevalence research, only a small portion of which involves psychiatric populations. An archival records review of child and adolescent urban outpatients suggests that prevalence has been underestimated in the literature and that cosleeping is associated with child and parent anxiety and issues of separation and sleep management, rather than with inappropriate sexual contact.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0079654