APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

Fathers’ Anxiety Is Associated with Perceptions of Infant Feeding and Sleep As Problematic

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Mental Health in Focus: Symptoms, Support & Intervention

  • 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.

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