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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Sleep Med. 2020 Sep 18;19(5):563–576. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2020.1818564

Table 2.

Association between early childhood co-sleeping and concomitant behavior problems.

CBCL, Wave 1
TRF, Wave 1
FACTOR SCORE, Wave 1
AVERAGE SCORE, Wave 1
OR p Confidence Interval OR p Confidence Interval OR p Confidence Interval OR p Confidence Interval
Internalizing Problems
Anxious/depressed 1.58 0.021* 1.07 2.33 1.03 0.934 0.56 1.87 1.48 <0.001*** 1.24 1.77 1.42 0.071 0.97 2.09
Withdrawal/depressed 1.56 0.006** 1.14 2.14 1.07 0.629 0.81 1.42 1.08 0.791 0.61 1.92 1.01 0.959 0.63 1.63
Somatic Problems 1.31 0.225 0.85 2.02 0.83 0.146 0.65 1.07 1.26 0.028* 1.02 1.56 1.34 0.053 1.00 1.80
Externalizing Problems
Aggressive Behavior 2.20 <0.001*** 1.39 3.49 1.03 0.936 0.53 1.98 1.52 0.005** 1.13 2.05 1.49 <0.001*** 1.22 1.83
Other Behavior problems
Attention Problems 1.51 0.078 0.96 2.37 1.21 0.283 0.86 1.71 1.22 0.018* 1.03 1.45 1.22 <0.001*** 1.15 1.28
DSM-oriented Scales
Affective Problems 1.57 0.048* 1.00 2.45 0.81 0.007** 0.70 0.94 1.09 0.601 0.79 1.52 1.21 0.055 1.00 1.47
Anxiety Problems 3.11 <0.001*** 2.04 4.74 1.11 0.733 0.62 1.99 2.06 <0.001*** 1.47 2.88 2.31 <0.001*** 1.81 2.94
ADH Problems 1.75 <0.001*** 1.32 2.34 1.08 0.647 0.79 1.47 1.60 <0.001*** 1.23 2.09 1.36 0.013* 1.07 1.72
Oppositional Defiant Problems 2.04 0.002** 1.30 3.19 1.05 0.721 0.81 1.36 1.59 <0.001*** 1.54 1.64 1.95 <0.001*** 1.81 2.11

Adjusted for age, sex, parents’ education and mixed effect of location, heteroscedasticity assumed for robustness of analysis result.

CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; TRF, Teacher’s Report Form; DSM, diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; ADH problems, attention deficit hyperactivity problems; OR, odds ratio.

*

p ≤.10;

**

p ≤.05;

***

p ≤.01.