Does an intervention to reduce maternal anxiety, depression and trauma also improve mothers’ perceptions of their preterm infants’ vulnerability?
ABSTRACT
To determine if an intervention to reduce maternal distress and address maternal perceptions of infants’ vulnerability also reduces perceptions of vulnerability, 105 mothers of premature infants (25‐ to 34‐weeks’ gestational age; >600 g) with depression, anxiety, or trauma were randomized to a six‐ or nine‐session intervention or a comparison condition. The outcome was changes in a measure of perception of infant vulnerability between 4 to 5 weeks’ and 6 months’ postdelivery, the Vulnerability Baby Scale (VBS; B. Forsyth, S. Horwitz, J. Leventhal, & J. Burger, 1996; N. Kerruish, K. Settle, P...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 1, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Sarah Mccue Horwitz, Ann Leibovitz, Emily Lilo, Booil Jo, Anne Debattista, Nick St. John, Richard J. Shaw Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Antecedents and consequences of fear of childbirth in nulliparous and parous women
ABSTRACT
The study aimed to explore the differences in the role of specific personal and interpersonal risk factors in predicting fear of childbirth (FOC) and to examine whether FOC predicts postnatal maternal adaptation in nulliparous and parous women. A prospective correlational design with two time periods (pre‐ and postnatal) was carried out with 158 women, 85 nulliparous and 73 parous. Women at Week 32 of gestation completed a demographic questionnaire, the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire (K.Wijma, B. Wijma, & M. Zar, 1998), the State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (C.D. Spielberger, R.L. Gorsuch, & R.E. ...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 1, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Chiara Pazzagli, Loredana Laghezza, Michele Capurso, Ciro Sommella, Franco Lelli, Claudia Mazzeschi Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 1, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Paul Spicer Tags: EDITOR'S STATEMENT Source Type: research
Academic outcomes of very low birth weight infants: the influence of mother–child relationships
ABSTRACT
It is commonly accepted that parent–child interactions are bidirectional and complex and are influenced by many different factors. The current study examined the academic and behavioral skills in the early elementary years of preterm infants and the influence of their early mother–child interactions on these skills. Using a sample of 21 premature infants and their mothers, this study found that positive early interactions during feeding were related to later mutual enjoyment during a teaching task at school age, but early maternal depression was not. Early risk factors of premature infants, specifically the nu...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - November 1, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Lisa K. Boyce, Gina A. Cook, Vicki Simonsmeier, Shawnee M. Hendershot Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Father attendance in nurse home visitation
ABSTRACT
Our aim was to examine the rates and predictors of father attendance at nurse home visits in replication sites of the Nurse‐Family Partnership (NFP). Early childhood programs can facilitate father involvement in the lives of their children, but program improvements require an understanding of factors that predict father involvement. The sample consisted of 29,109 low‐income, first‐time mothers who received services from 694 nurses from 80 sites. We conducted mixed‐model multiple regression analyses to identify population, implementation, site, and nurse influences on father attendance. Predictors of father...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - November 1, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: John R. Holmberg, David L. Olds Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
