ReviewFrontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry2022
The impact of crying, sleeping, and eating problems in infants on childhood behavioral outcomes: A meta-analysis.
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- Maternal Smartphone Use and Regulatory Disorders of the Infant: A Post Hoc Analysis of the SKKIPPI Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Infant Regulatory Problems and Subsequent Behavioral Difficulties: The Mediating Role of Parenting Stress.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparison of sensory processing skills in 7-12 month old colic and non-colic infants.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Mapping Dysregulation: Prenatal Predictors and Developmental Trajectories of Multiple Regulatory Problems in Early Childhood.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Is the association between infant regulatory problems and trajectories of childhood co-developing internalizing and externalizing symptoms moderated by early screen media exposure?European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- The association between early regulatory problems and adult peer relationship quality is mediated by the brain's allostatic-interoceptive system.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Article
- Infant Crying, Sleeping, and Feeding Problems in Times of Societal Crises: The Mediating Role of Parenting Stress on Parenting Behavior in Fathers and Mothers.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Helping parents to cope with infant regulatory disorders.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Review
- Regulatory problems and developmental psychopathology within the first 2 years of living-a nested in cohort population-based study.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Mind-mindedness in mothers of infants with excessive crying/sleeping/eating disorders.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Being an Infant in a Pandemic: Influences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Infants, Toddlers and Their Mothers in a Clinical Population.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- [Early childhood mental disorders: excessive crying, sleep and feeding disorders, and interventions using the "Munich model" as an example].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Review
- Community health nurses' concerns about infant regulatory problems are predictive of mental disorders diagnosed at hospital: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: There is increasing evidence that regulatory problems (RPs), such as excessive crying, sleeping or feeding problems in infancy, could be associated with the development of behavioral problems in childhood. In this meta-analysis we aimed to investigate the strength and characteristics of this association. Methods: A systematic literature search (PubMed/PsycInfo, until 15/08/2021) for longitudinal prospective studies of infants with RPs and at least one follow-up assessment reporting incidence and/or severity of behavioral problems was conducted. The primary outcomes were (i) the cumulative incidence of behavioral problems in children (2-14 years) with previous RPs and (ii) the difference between children with/without previous RPs with regard to the incidence and severity of externalizing, internalizing and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Additionally, we analyzed behavioral problems of children with previous single, multiple or no RPs and with respect to age at follow-up. Subgroup and meta-regression analyses were added. Results: 30 meta-analyzed studies reported on 34,582 participants (n Conclusions: Findings suggest that RPs in infancy are associated with overall behavioral problems (externalizing or internalizing behavior and ADHD symptoms) in childhood. Our data cannot explain linked developmental trajectories and underlying factors. However, detection of affected infants may help to adapt supportive measures to the individual familial needs to promote the parent-child-relationship and prevent the development of child behavioral problems from early on.
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