Brief Summary:
This study aims to quantitatively examine the relationship between regulatory problems (sleep, feeding, and crying) in infants aged 6-36 months and levels of parental sensitivity and reflective functioning. The primary objective is to determine how parents' ability to perceive and interpret their child's cues affects these regulatory difficulties; the secondary objective is to explore how emotional responses to crying and other parent-child interaction factors mediate that relationship. In a cohort of approximately 249 infant-parent dyads, the Revised-Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ-R), feeding and crying assessment forms, the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire, the My Emotions Questionnaire, and the Parental Stress Scale will be administered. Data will be analyzed via descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, and multiple regression models. As the first large-scale quantitative study in Turkey to investigate this area, it will yield unique data to guide parenting programs and early-intervention policies.
Participants aged 18 years and older with a infant aged 6 months (± 1 month)
Willingness to participate in the study and follow-up
Ability to speak, understand and communicate fluently in Turkish.
Mothers of infants with serious chronic conditions requiring follow-up, diagnosed after birth, even if included in the study
Individuals who completed the questionnaire but did not meet the questionnaire reliability criteria
Parents of babies with a history of preterm birth (gestational age under 37 weeks)
Parents of babies with a history of low birth weight (<2500g)