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Co-Sleeping between Adolescents and Their Pets May Not Impact Sleep Quality
- Source :
- Clocks & Sleep, Clocks & Sleep, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021), Clocks & Sleep; Volume 3; Issue 1; Pages: 1-11
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Pet–owner co-sleeping is increasingly common in some parts of the world. Adult owners often subjectively report benefits of co-sleeping with pets, although objective actigraphy reports conversely indicate sleep disruptions due to the pet. Because limited research is available regarding pet–owner co-sleeping in non-adult samples, the aim of this two-part study was to explore whether co-sleeping improves sleep quality in adolescents, an age group in which poor sleep patterns are well documented. In Study One, an online survey with 265 pet-owning 13-to-17-year-old participants found that over 78% co-slept with their pet. Average sleep quality scores for co-sleepers and non-co-sleepers indicated generally poor sleep, with no differences in sleep quality depending on age, gender, or co-sleeping status. Study Two consisted of two preliminary case studies, using actigraphy on dog–adolescent co-sleepers. In both cases, high sleep concordance was observed, but owners again experienced generally poor sleep quality. Future actigraphy research is needed, including larger sample sizes and a control group of non-co-sleepers, to validate the preliminary findings from this study, but our limited evidence suggests that co-sleeping with a pet may not impact sleep quality in adolescents.
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Concordance
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Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
global sleep score
dog
actigraphy
human–animal relationships
Medicine
Quality (business)
030212 general & internal medicine
Uncategorized
General Environmental Science
media_common
Sleep quality
business.industry
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Co-sleeping
Actigraphy
Sleep in non-human animals
Poor sleep
Sample size determination
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
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- ISSN :
- 26245175
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clockssleep
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6491e5c2d855f8c9c6dcc005ddace07b