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A Comparison of Sleep and Settle Behaviours Across Twins and Singletons at 5 Months of Age
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2727-2957
School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey Surrey UK.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology. Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9714-0197
2025 (English)In: Infant and Child Development, ISSN 1522-7227, E-ISSN 1522-7219, Vol. 34, no 1, article id e2564Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Twin studies are important for research on genetic and environmental influences on child development, but it is imperative to test whether findings can be generalised from twins to singletons. Since the first months of life are defined by the emergence of important sleep behaviours, we compared 451 (54.8% females) twins and 77 singletons (48.1% females) on a range of sleep, settle and crying behaviours at 5 months of age. No significant differences were found regarding duration of crying or time until settled. However, singletons were reported to wake up more frequently during nighttime than twins (F(1, 509) = 35.10, p < 0.001, ηp2= 0.065), suggesting that, when reported in twin studies, this measure might be slightly underestimated at a mean level in relation to singletons. In conclusion, despite the unique challenges and additional caregiver load of infant twins, there seem to be few differences between twins and singletons regarding parent-reported settle and crying behaviours in early infancy.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2025. Vol. 34, no 1, article id e2564
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crying, settle ability, singletons, sleep, twins
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-545514DOI: 10.1002/icd.2564ISI: 001376827700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85211805432OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-545514DiVA, id: diva2:1922090
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Riksbankens JubileumsfondKnut and Alice Wallenberg FoundationStiftelsen Sunnerdahls HandikappfondSwedish Research CouncilAvailable from: 2024-12-17 Created: 2024-12-17 Last updated: 2025-04-09Bibliographically approved

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