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International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis Volume 11 (2025), Article ID 11:IJPBA-200, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2025/200
Original Article
Persistent Co-sleeping of Children in Their Parents' Room and Its Association with the Appearance of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Children in Saudi Arabia

Hala S. Dahlan1*, Wesal M. Almubark2, Roqayya Azher3 and Abdulwahab M.A. Telmesani4

1Ministry of Health licensed counseling psychologist, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
2Family physician, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
3Department of Cummunity Medicine, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia 4Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hala S. Dahla, Ministry of Health licensed counseling psychologist, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
25 January 2025; 15 February 2025; 17 February 2025
Dahlan HS, Almubark WM, Azher R, Telmesani AMA (2025) Persistent Co-sleeping of Children in Their Parents' Room and Its Association with the Appearance of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Children in Saudi Arabia. Int J Psychol Behav Anal 11: 200. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2025/200
© 2025 Dahlan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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