Blended Infant Massage–Parenting Enhancement Program on Recovering Substance-Abusing Mothers' Parenting Stress, Self-Esteem, Depression, Maternal Attachment, and Mother-Infant Interaction

Abstract

The findings suggest that infant massage blended into a structured parenting program has value-added effects in decreasing parenting stress and maternal depressive symptoms, but not on SAM's self-esteem, attachment, or maternal-infant interaction.

Effect of parenting stress, self‐esteem and parent–child interaction in parents of children with allergic rhinitis on self‐esteem of children: Analysis of Actor‐partner Interdependence Model

“…First, in the low self‐esteem group in this study, fathers' self‐esteem had a partner effect on the parent–child interaction perceived by mothers. This is in line with the finding that parent's low self‐esteem leads to dysfunctional relationships with the child, whereas their positive self‐esteem can serve as a buffer from negative emotions, thereby promoting parent–child interaction (Porter et al, ). Therefore, it is important to improve fathers' self‐esteem to improve the interaction between children with allergic rhinitis and low self‐esteem and their mothers.…”

“…Parenting stress affects children's self-esteem and leads to changes in self-esteem levels over time (Han & Kim, 2017). Parents' low self-esteem leads to dysfunctional relationships with the child, whereas positive self-esteem can serve as a buffer from negative emotion, thereby promoting parentchild interaction (Porter et al, 2015). As the parenting stress of the mother of a child with chronic disease increases, parents perceive their child as a difficult child (Ferro & Boyle, 2015), leading them to exhibit a parenting attitude that is critical and controlling, which ultimately leads to low selfesteem in the child (Sweenie, Mackey, & Streisand, 2014).…”

Emotional Rejection of the Infant: Status of the Concept

“…A meta-analysis of 13 studies on maternal sensitivity [199] identified baby massage as an effective component, but only 3/13 studies had this component. Apart from these reviews, there have been 8 investigations [200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209], but in 2 this was part of a wider support package [200,205], in 2 the effect was on maternal mood, not bonding [204,206], and 2 were conducted in drug-abusing mothers [203,209]. In the pioneering study of Field et al [201] there was an effect on infant temperament measured by questionnaire, and the Israeli and Turkish studies [207,208] also used a self-rating assessment of bonding.…”

Does a Blended Infant Massage-Parenting Enhancement Program Improve Infant Health Outcomes?

“…The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of a blended Infant-Massage Parenting Enhancement Program (IMPEP) on maternal and infant health outcomes. Grounded in Social Learning Theory [4], a detailed description of the fourweek IMPEP psycho-educational intervention has been published previously [5], and the effects of the program on maternal health outcomes have been reported, which included reduced parenting stress and depressive symptoms [6]. In addition to developing an effective and cost-efficient intervention for improving the health of recovering Substance-Abusing Mothers (SAMs) and their infants through the consistent nurturance and caretaking of these infants by their mothers, the goal of this study was to evaluate whether the IMPEP improves infant health outcomes, including growth (length, weight, head circumference), development (motor, mental, behavioral), home environmental safety and infant care safety at 6, and 12 weeks post-Baseline, and immunization status at 12 weeks post-Baseline.…”