APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Fathers’ Anxiety Is Associated with Perceptions of Infant Feeding and Sleep As Problematic
- Kara Petitt
Baylor University - Jessica Rocha
Baylor University - Angela Fan
Baylor University - Katherine Harris
Baylor University - Francesca Penner
Baylor University
Abstract
This study explored how anxiety may influence parents’ perceptions of sleep and feeding problems in their infants, and whether this relationship differs in mothers compared to fathers. In an online survey (N=423), parental anxiety was associated with perceived problems in infant feeding and sleep among fathers, but not mothers.