Emotional content of talk to the fetus and healthy coping behaviors during pregnancy

Nelson, Lauren; Fazio, Anthony F.

doi:10.1002/1097-0355(199523)16:3<179::aid-imhj2280160304>3.0.co;2-y

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“…Moreover, maternal attachment to the fetus and the newborn has been found to constitute a main moderator of health-related coping behaviors (L. J. Nelson & Fazio, 1995) and childbearing depressive symptoms (Priel & Besser, 1999).…”

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Childbearing depressive symptomatology in high–risk pregnancies: The roles of working models and social support

Besser

Priel

Wiznitzer

2002

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Guided by both attachment and social support theories, the authors conducted a longitudinal investigation exploring the concomitant effects of perceptions of spouse support (anticipated and received spouse support) and internal working models of attachment (positive-self and positive-other), on childbearing depressive symptomatology. Distinct main and interaction effects for attachment dimensions and perceived support variables were hypothesized for high-and low-risk pregnancies. Participants in the final sample were 200 pregnant women who completed the self-report between the 25th and the 29th weeks of pregnancy, and 8 weeks after childbirth. Controlling for initial levels of depressive symptoms and health conditions, results demonstrated the protective role of high levels of received support and of positive-other models on childbirth depressive symptoms. Moreover, received support and models of positive-other were found to interact with health conditions, producing distinct moderation effects: Received support was found to be a significantly stronger protective factor for childbearing depression among women with low-risk pregnancies; positiveother models were found to be a significantly stronger protective factor among women with high-risk pregnancies. The implications of these findings for the understanding of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors in successful coping with a health risk situation are discussed.

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Childbearing depressive symptomatology in high–risk pregnancies: The roles of working models and social support

Besser

Priel

Wiznitzer

2002

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“…There is emerging evidence that auditory stimulation of an in utero human fetus is a predictor for a range of positive outcomes for both the mother and the fetus/child. For instance, mother–fetus interactions through maternal talk and tactual stimulation are effective in enhancing mother–fetus attachment and improving maternal health relevant coping behaviors during pregnancy ( 21 , 22 ). Moreover, a study has showed that a fetus can hear music in the womb as early as 16 weeks of gestation and responded directly to it by opening their mouths and moving their tongues ( 23 ).…”

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Antenatal Training with Music and Maternal Talk Concurrently May Reduce Autistic-Like Behaviors at around 3 Years of Age

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Antenatal training through music and maternal talk to the unborn fetus is a topic of general interest for parents-to-be in China, but we still lack a comprehensive assessment of their effects on the development of autistic-like behaviors during early childhood. During 2014–2016, 34,749 parents of children around the age of 3 years who were enrolled at kindergarten in the Longhua district of Shenzhen participated in this study. Self-administered questionnaires regarding demographics, antenatal music training, and maternal talk to the fetus during pregnancy were completed by the children’s primary caregivers. Autistic-like behaviors were assessed using the Autism Behavioral Checklist. Tobit regression analyses revealed that antenatal music training and maternal talk to the fetus was associated with a reduction in autistic-like behaviors in children, with a dose-dependent relationship. Furthermore, factorial analysis of covariance indicated a significant interaction effect between antenatal music training and maternal talk to the fetus on the autistic-like behaviors and found that children who often experienced antenatal music training and maternal talk concurrently had the lowest risk of autistic-like behaviors, while children who were never exposed to maternal talk and only sometimes experienced antenatal music training had the highest risk. Our results suggest that antenatal training through both music and maternal talk to the unborn fetus might reduce the risk of children’s autistic-like behaviors at around 3 years of age.

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“…In addition, several studies have proven the efficacy of some exercises in raising the attachment rate during pregnancy. These excercises include spending time talking to the baby during pregnancy, abdominal massage, and counting fetal movement [3][4][5].…”

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A study of the effect of training pregnant women about attachment skills on infants’ motor development indices at birth to four months

Dokuhaki¹,

Akbarzadeh²,

Pishva³

et al. 2017

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Background. During pregnancy fetus-maternal attachment can improve maternal-fetal attachment, and have positive effects on the infant's growth and development. Objectives. This study aimed to investigate the effect of training pregnant mothers about attachment skills on infants' motor development indices at birth to four months. Material and methods. This study is a clinical trial with convenient sampling on 190 pregnant women in hafez hospital. They were randomly divided into two groups: intervention and control. There were 94 and 96 patients in the control and intervention groups, respectively. In the intervention group, 6 sessions of 90-minute educational classes were held. After birth, the infants were compared, in both groups, in terms of motor status using the Denver questionnaire at birth to the age of 4 months. Results. In the intervention group, educating the women on fetal-maternal attachment skills was associated with infants' earlier achievement age in terms of some gross motor, all fields of speech-language, and one item of fine-adaptive motor realms. In addition, the infants' age was significantly reduced in achieving some personal-social items, as well as gross-fine scope at one and three months. Conclusions. Training the mothers in attachment skills increased fetal-maternal attachment and improved the motor development indicators in infants aged up to four months. Therefore, training in attachment skills is recommended to be given as a component of routine pregnancy care.

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Emotional content of talk to the fetus and healthy coping behaviors during pregnancy

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Childbearing depressive symptomatology in high–risk pregnancies: The roles of working models and social support

Childbearing depressive symptomatology in high–risk pregnancies: The roles of working models and social support

Antenatal Training with Music and Maternal Talk Concurrently May Reduce Autistic-Like Behaviors at around 3 Years of Age

A study of the effect of training pregnant women about attachment skills on infants’ motor development indices at birth to four months

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