Assessing psychosocial risk in pregnant/postpartum women using the Contextual Assessment of Maternity Experience (CAME)

Bernazzani, Odette; Marks, Maureen; Bifulco, Antonia; Siddle, Kathy; Asten, Paul; Conroy, Simon

doi:10.1007/s00127-005-0917-y

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“…Both items are scored on a four-point scale from 1: Marked to 4: Little/none. Bernazzani, et al, 2005 demonstrated that the measure of maternal attitudes in the Contextual Assessment of the Maternity Experience was related to maternal sensitivity and adequacy of the home environment as well as to maternal depression. Inter-rater reliability in the present study was good for both the Diffi cult Child (ICC = .83) and the Antipathy towards Child (ICC = .84) items.…”

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“…Like life adversity, practical and emotional support from each source are scored on a four-point scale from 1: Marked to 4: Little/none with reference to exemplar descriptions in the instrument's manual. Social support measured with the Contextual Assessment of the Maternity Experience has been found to relate both to current depressive symptoms and to future depressive episodes ( Bernazzani, Marks, Bifulco, Siddle, Asten, & Conroy, 2005 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Parenting stress in early motherhood: stress spillover and social support¹

Williamson¹,

McCabe²,

O’Hara³

et al. 2013

Comprehensive Psychology

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Mothers facing stressors or lacking adequate support often fi nd parenting more challenging and less enjoyable. This study examined the mechanisms through which contextual variables might infl uence perceptions of parenting. Participants were 153 mothers of toddlers who completed interviews and questionnaires on life adversity, social support, negative aff ect, and parenting stress. Life adversity was positively associated with parenting stress and this association was mediated through negative aff ect. Emotional support moderated the association between adversity and negative aff ect. Life adversity appeared to promote negative aff ect, which in turn led mothers to regard their child as more obstinate and demanding and their interactions with their children as less enjoyable. Adversity had little eff ect on parental perceptions among mothers with adequate emotional support.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting stress in early motherhood: stress spillover and social support¹

Williamson¹,

McCabe²,

O’Hara³

et al. 2013

Comprehensive Psychology

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“…Some of these mothers are not depressed [16], and, when they are, the severity and course of the two disorders differ. They are usually associated in the clinic, where the association will be enhanced by Berkson bias [17,18], but in the community the association is lower or even absent [19]. Their treatments [20,21,22] and, to some extent, their causes are different.…”

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Maternal Rejection of the Young Child: Present Status of the Clinical Syndrome

Brockington¹

2011

Psychopathology

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This article reviews severe disorders of the mother-infant relationship involving emotional rejection of the infant in the first year of its life. Infants exposed to their mother’s hatred and rage may suffer far-ranging and long-term disadvantages, and are at risk of maltreatment. Diagnosis, therapy and research have been hampered by the lack of recognition of this clinical syndrome in the classifications. The imminent revision of these classificatory systems must include them.

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“…The Contextual Assessment of the Maternity Experience, which covers the same ground, has been used for impressive studies in normal mothers (Bernazzani et al 2004, 2005), but has not, so far as we know, been published, or used in clinical work. If that is true, this is the only interview generally available to assess the mental health of expectant and newly delivered mothers and their interactions with the unborn and newborn child.…”

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confidence: 99%