Effects of Maternal Anxiety Disorders on Infant Self-Comforting Behaviors: The Role of Maternal Bonding, Infant Gender and Age

Müller, Mitho; Tronick, Ed; Zietlow, Anna‐Lena; Nonnenmacher, Nora; Verschoor, Stephan; Träuble, Birgit

doi:10.1159/000448404

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“…Bonding as early as during pregnancy has been shown to be related to a variety of infant outcomes, including colic, infant temperament difficulties, and delayed developmental milestones [11]. In addition, maternal-fetal bonding predicts the quality of mother-infant interaction after birth [12, 13], which has been shown to be important for the child’s development [14–17]. Therefore, research on factors that contribute to explaining different qualities of maternal bonding is warranted.…”

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Early maladaptive schemas as predictors of maternal bonding to the unborn child

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Background The quality of an expectant mother’s bonding to the fetus has been shown to be associated with important developmental outcomes. Previous studies suggest that bonding quality is predicted by, for example, social support, psychological well-being, and depression. However, little is known regarding the role of maternal cognition in maternal-fetal bonding. Early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) are negative and stable assumptions about oneself and one’s relationships with others that are developed during childhood and adolescence. In the present study, we examined the associations between EMSs and the quality of the bonding to the fetus in expectant mothers. Methods The present investigation is part of a larger study in which 220 pregnant women (approximately 12% of the pregnant women in the region) and 130 of their partners were recruited from October 2015 until December 2017. The sample for the current study comprised 165 pregnant women (mean age 30.8 years, SD 4.1 years). The participants completed the Young Schema Questionnaire Short Form 3 (YSQ-S3) between gestational weeks 24 and 37 and the Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) between gestational weeks 31 and 41. Results All EMS domains correlated significantly and negatively with scores for quality of maternal-fetal bonding on the MAAS. Only the Disconnection and Rejection domain correlated significantly and negatively with MAAS scores for intensity of preoccupation with the fetus. The Disconnection and Rejection domain was a significant independent predictor of the quality of maternal-fetal bonding. Symptoms of depression mediated the effect of the EMS domains on the quality of maternal-fetal bonding. The EMS domains Disconnection and Rejection, Impaired Autonomy and Performance, and Impaired Limits showed significant direct effects on bonding quality. Conclusions EMSs are related to expectant mothers’ self-reported bonding to their fetuses. This association was mediated by the mothers’ symptoms of depression. The results may have implications for the early identification of pregnant women at risk of bonding difficulties and encourage more studies on cognitive schemas and mechanisms for maternal-fetal bonding.

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“…Specifically, maternal internalizing problems served as a hindering factor for female children. Female children may be more sensitive to parental psychopathology than male children given their own increased likelihood of developing internalizing disorders (Muller et al, 2016). Otherwise, female children may be more influenced by the religiosity of their parents, and when the parent–child relationship is negative, they are less likely to be influenced by their parents than male children (Stearns & McKinney, 2017a).…”

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Transmission of Religiosity From Parent to Child: Moderation by Perceived Parental Depression and Anxiety

Stearns

McKinney

2018

Journal of Family Issues

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Although parents have a strong influence on their children’s religiosity, little research has been conducted on how different parental anxiety and depressive problems affect the transmission of religiosity. The current study asked emerging adults to report on the religiosity and internalizing behaviors of their mothers and fathers as well as their own religiosity. Structural equation modeling was used to measure whether perceived parental internalizing problems, parent gender, and participant gender moderated the relationship between parental and emerging adult religiosity. Results indicated that the interaction terms between perceived maternal religiosity and both depressive and anxiety problems were significant only for females. Participant gender did not suggest a three-way interaction among variables, though parent gender did as the interaction term between maternal religiosity and both anxiety and depressive problems were significantly stronger than paternal ones.

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“…Obwohl eine deutsche Version mit 25 Items über die Marcé-Gesellschaft bezogen werden kann, wird bei Studien mit deutschsprachigen Proband/innen in aller Regel der PBQ-16 verwendet. Die interne Konsistenz kann dabei mit Cronbach's Alpha bis 0,89 in verschiedenen Untersuchungen insgesamt als gut bezeichnet werden [20,23,[35][36][37][38][39].…”

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Messinstrumente zur Erfassung von Bindungsaufbau während Schwangerschaft und nach der Geburt (Teil 3 einer Serie zur psychologischen Diagnostik im Peripartalzeitraum)

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Garthus-Niegel

2021

Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol

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ZusammenfassungDer Bindungsaufbau von (werdenden) Müttern und Vätern zu ihrem Kind hat große Bedeutung für das psychische Wohlbefinden der Eltern und des Kindes. Dies gilt insbesondere dann, wenn bei den Eltern bereits psychische Beschwerden wie Depressionen vorhanden sind. Darüber hinaus können frühkindliche Bindungserfahrungen sowohl die psychische Gesundheit des Kindes als auch spätere Beziehungen beeinflussen. Klassische Verfahren der Bindungsforschung wie der Fremde-Situations-Test zur standardisierten Erfassung des Bindungserlebens sind jedoch für den klinischen Alltag in Neonatologie und Geburtshilfe nicht praktikabel, zumal hier v. a. das Bindungsverhalten des Kindes im Fokus steht. Zudem kann die Bindung zum ungeborenen Kind so nicht erfasst werden. Daher bieten sich zur Erfassung des elterlichen Bindungserlebens v. a. Fragebögen an. Sowohl für die Zeit der Schwangerschaft, als auch für den Postpartalzeitraum sind geeignete Instrumente vorhanden, die jedoch überwiegend für Frauen entwickelt wurden. Allerdings besteht bei den meisten Fragebögen Bedarf zur methodischen Weiterentwicklung, da Cut-off Werte sowie Normwerte z. T. bisher nicht etabliert wurden. Solche Werte dürften allerdings insbesondere in der Regelversorgung von Bedeutung sein. Insgesamt scheint die Erfassung des Bindungserlebens sinnvoll zu sein, damit rechtzeitig Unterstützung beim Bindungsaufbau gegeben oder in unterstützende Angebote vermittelt werden kann.

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Effects of Maternal Anxiety Disorders on Infant Self-Comforting Behaviors: The Role of Maternal Bonding, Infant Gender and Age

Cited by 24 publications

References 59 publications

Early maladaptive schemas as predictors of maternal bonding to the unborn child

Early maladaptive schemas as predictors of maternal bonding to the unborn child

Transmission of Religiosity From Parent to Child: Moderation by Perceived Parental Depression and Anxiety

Messinstrumente zur Erfassung von Bindungsaufbau während Schwangerschaft und nach der Geburt (Teil 3 einer Serie zur psychologischen Diagnostik im Peripartalzeitraum)

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