title: The cosleeping habits of military children.
abstract: Cosleeping is a topic frequently of concern to parents; however, little objective evidence exists to support the historical prohibition against children sleeping in the same bed with their parents. Surveys from the parents of 86 children in the clinics of pediatrics and child psychiatry were analyzed to describe patterns of cosleeping in a group of military dependents aged 2 to 13 years. Shown is a significant increase in cosleeping with father absence and that cosleeping is less frequent in the psychiatric subpopulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96895.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Folen
mesh_terms: D001513:Beds; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005220:Fathers; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008889:Military Personnel; D012890:Sleep