Correlates of maternal Emotional Stability: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Cheng, Helen; Furnham, Adrian

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110119

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“…Generally, our results showed that motherhood emerged as a significant factor contributing to greater distress. This finding, in line with previous studies, could be explained by two simultaneous factors: (a) the association between the female gender and increased psychological distress and internalizing symptoms and (b) the sociocultural relation of the maternal role to childcare [ 26 , 48 , 49 , 50 ]. Furthermore, when child age increased, parent psychological distress decreased.…”

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How Personality Relates to Distress in Parents during the Covid-19 Lockdown: The Mediating Role of Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties and the Moderating Effect of Living with Other People

Mazza

Ricci

Marchetti

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Since the initiation of the COVID-19 lockdown, Italian parents have been forced to manage their children at home. The present study aimed at investigating the psychological distress of parents during the lockdown, identifying contributing factors. An online survey was administered to 833 participants from 3 to 15 April 2020. Mediation and moderated mediation models were run to explore the association between parent neuroticism and parent distress, mediated by child hyperactivity–inattention and child emotional symptoms, and the moderating effect of living only with child(ren) on the direct and indirect effects of parent neuroticism on parent distress. For parents living only with child(ren), high levels of psychological distress depended exclusively on their levels of neuroticism. For parents living with at least one other person in addition to child(ren), distress levels were also mediated by child behavioral and emotional difficulties. Motherhood emerged as a significant factor contributing to greater distress. Furthermore, parent psychological distress decreased in line with increased child age. The results confirm that neuroticism is an important risk factor for mental health. Preventive measures should be primarily target multicomponent families with younger children and directed towards parents who are already known to present emotional instability and to parents of children who have received local mental health assistance for behavioral and/or emotional difficulties.

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“…This in turn may have exaggerated their anxiety, depression and moodiness. Hence the concept of a vicious cycle [ 26 ].…”

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How Personality Relates to Distress in Parents during the Covid-19 Lockdown: The Mediating Role of Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties and the Moderating Effect of Living with Other People

Mazza

Ricci

Marchetti

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…Consistent with our findings, a recent study also found maternal emotional distress to directly affect children’s socio-emotional development (Cheng & Furnham, 2020). However, we additionally expected the primary caregiver’s emotional load to be at least partially transmitted via their responsive and emotionally warm interaction behavior.…”

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Effects of family risk on early attachment security: Gender-specific susceptibility and mediation by parenting behavior

Gerlach

Fößel

Vierhaus

et al. 2022

Developmental Child Welfare

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Growing up in high-risk environments is detrimental to children’s development of attachment security. Parenting behavior is hypothesized to be the mechanism through which risks exert their influence. However, risk influences can vary between individuals by gender. Aim of this study was to explore specific pathways of family risk on early attachment security and additionally examine the transmission via parenting behavior. The sample consisted of 197 children and their primary caregivers. Children’s age ranged between 10 and 21 months ( M = 15.25, SD = 3.59). Data assessment included 21 distal and proximal family risk factors, children’s attachment security, and parental responsivity and supportive presence. Whereas distal risk factors had an adverse effect only on girls’ attachment security, proximal risks negatively affected only boys’ attachment security. Additionally, patterns of risk factors occurring in our sample were analyzed using an exploratory principal component analysis. Regardless of the child’s gender, a low socio- economic status was negatively related to attachment security of all children. Migration and crowding and a high emotional load of the primary caregiver both negatively predicted girls’ but not boys’ attachment security. However, the attachment security of boys was affected by a negative family climate. Most of the adverse risk effects on attachment security were mediated by parental responsivity and supportive presence so that the transmission of risk occurs through parenting behavior. Results revealed a different susceptibility of family risks for girls and boys. The consideration of a gender-sensitive approach in developmental psychopathology and interventions of developmental child welfare services is recommended.

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“…Parenting self-efficacy is an important factor in healthy child development, such as performance on infant development scales and school competence (Albanese et al, 2019). Further, maternal distress has been demonstrated in longitudinal studies to have impacts on behavioral adjustment (Cheng & Furnham, 2020).…”

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Comparing, competing, and the good mum ideology—Maternal well-being in the context of social media.

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Smith

2024

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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Correlates of maternal Emotional Stability: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

How Personality Relates to Distress in Parents during the Covid-19 Lockdown: The Mediating Role of Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties and the Moderating Effect of Living with Other People

How Personality Relates to Distress in Parents during the Covid-19 Lockdown: The Mediating Role of Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties and the Moderating Effect of Living with Other People

Effects of family risk on early attachment security: Gender-specific susceptibility and mediation by parenting behavior

Comparing, competing, and the good mum ideology—Maternal well-being in the context of social media.

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