Parental perceptions and infant temperament development

Pauli‐Pott, Ursula; Mertesacker, Bettina; Bade, Ulla; Haverkock, Antje; Beckmann, D.

doi:10.1016/s0163-6383(02)00167-4

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“…Interestingly, two recent studies assign increased predictive validity to parental reports compared to observation measures (Hart et al, 1999;Pauli-Pott et al, 2003). The results have been interpreted as reflecting the close relations between parental characteristics and parenting behaviours, both of which shape infant characteristics from early on (e.g.…”

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“…Kochanska, 1997). On the other hand, recent evidence shows that parental reports of child temperament appear to have a superior predictive validity over other reports of temperament, such as observations (Hart et al, 1999;Pauli-Pott et al, 2003). It has been argued that perception-related parental characteristics or affective states imply aetiological significance for the child's development (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Stressed parents: a dyadic perspective on perceived infant temperament

Räikkönen

Pesonen

Heinonen

et al. 2006

Inf. Child Develop.

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The study employed the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) to test whether one parent's experiences of recent life events as more stressful (the PSS) are associated with the same parent's own (the actor effect) and the other parent's (the partner effect) perceptions of the infant temperament as more negatively and/or less positively tuned (the IBQ; n=584 parents, 292 dyads). The results indicated that the more stress one parent reported the more negatively tuned were the same parent's own, and the other parent's perceptions of the infant. Perceptions of the infant temperament were least positive for members of parent dyads who were more, relative to less, similar in the experienced stress. The associations were independent of the parent gender and the parent-reported level of trait anxiety. The findings augment prior knowledge on the factors that steer parental perceptions, and suggest that the dyadic perspective may offer valuable insight into the dynamics of interacting within a family consisting of two biological parents and an infant.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Stressed parents: a dyadic perspective on perceived infant temperament

Räikkönen

Pesonen

Heinonen

et al. 2006

Inf. Child Develop.

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“…Relevant procedures from the Lab-TAB (Goldsmith & Rothbart, 1991), in addition to innovative observational protocols to assess traits not assessed in previous studies, will be useful in this regard. Despite the limitations of parent-report instruments, however, it should be noted that recent evidence suggests that parental report of child temperament may have superior predictive validity relative to other sources of information addressing child temperament, including structured observations (Pauli-Pott, Mertesacker, Bade, Haverkock, & Beckmann, 2003;Hart, Field, & Roitfarb, 1999).Most of the correlations representing longitudinal stability over 6-and 12-month spans were large in magnitude, and the vast majority of stability coefficients from 18 to 36 months were moderate to large (Cohen, 1988). These values are comparable to those obtained over similar spans in previous studies of temperament (e.g., Earls & Jung, 1987;Guerin & Gottfried, 1994).…”

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Measurement of fine-grained aspects of toddler temperament: The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire

Putnam

Gartstein

Rothbart

2006

Infant Behavior and Development

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This article describes the development, reliability, and factor structure of a finely differentiated (18 dimensions) parent-report measure of temperament in 1.5 to 3-year-old children, using a crosssectional sample (N = 317) and a longitudinal sample of primary (N = 104) and secondary (N = 61) caregivers. Adequate internal consistency was demonstrated for all scales and moderate interrater reliability was evident for most scales. Longitudinal stability correlations were primarily large over 6-and 12-month spans and moderate to large from 18 to 36 months. Factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure of Surgency/Extraversion, Negative Affectivity, and Effortful Control. In both samples and for both primary and secondary caregivers, older children received higher scores for Attention Focusing, Discomfort, Inhibitory Control, and Positive Anticipation. Primary caregivers rated females higher in Fear, and lower in High-intensity Pleasure, than males; secondary caregivers rated females higher than males in several aspects of Effortful Control.Increases in the number of empirical studies of temperament in recent years (Rothbart & Bates, 1998, in press) have been matched by an expanded and more finely defined list of dimensions considered within the temperament realm. Although fine-grained instruments have been developed to assess temperament in infants (Gartstein & Rothbart, 2003) and older children (Rothbart, Ahadi, Hershey, & Fisher, 2001), an analogous instrument appropriate for use with children between the ages of 1 and 3 has not been made available. The current study describes the psychometric characteristics, factor structure, and demographic correlates of an instrument designed to fill this gap: the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire (ECBQ).The ECBQ was originally designed to supplement the Toddler Behavior Assessment Questionnaire (TBAQ; Goldsmith, 1996), a widely-used parent-report temperament questionnaire for young children. The TBAQ includes 108 items that address five aspects of temperament: Activity Level, Pleasure, Social Fearfulness, Anger Proneness, and Interest/ Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Sam Putnam, Department of Psychology, Bowdoin College, 6900 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011. Persistence. Goldsmith (1996) documented internal consistency and interrater reliability of the instrument, as well as convergence with other temperament measures. Subsequent studies (e.g., Eiden, Edwards, & Leonard, 2004;Kochanska & Knaack, 2003;Lemery, Goldsmith, Klinnert, & Mrazek, 1999) have provided support for the construct validity of the instrument. The value of this measure is further indicated by successful translations to Japanese (Kusanagi, Chen, & Hoshi, 2000), Spanish (Salinas, Montesinos, & Carnicero, 1999), and Dutch (Van Bakel & Riksen-Walraven, 2004).Several aspects of temperament assessed by the new instrument, but not the TBAQ, reflect differences between our theoretical approach and the approach that guided the creation of the TBAQ. Whereas Gold...

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“…However, some argue that this association may be due to negative parental perceptions rather than a true objective judgement of the child's character (Pauli-Pott, Mertesacker, Bade, Haverkock, & Beckmann, 2003). Davies, Slade, Wright and Stewart (2008) similarly found that mothers with PTSD following childbirth perceived their baby's temperament as more difficult accompanied by more negative maternal representations and less optimal mother-infant relationship.…”

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A prospective study of the parent–baby bond in men and women 15 months after birth

Parfitt

Ayers

Pike

et al. 2014

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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Objective: To prospectively examine the impact of parental mental health (PTSD, depression and anxiety), the couple's relationship quality and the infant temperament on the parent-baby bond in first-time mothers and fathers. Background: Evidence suggests that poor parental mental health, difficult infant temperament and/or lower quality of the couple's relationship may impede the parent-baby bond. However, little research has included both parents or followed these measures across time. Methods: 75 women and 66 men completed questionnaire measures during pregnancy, 3 and 15 months postpartum, assessing mental health symptoms, the parent-baby bond, the couple's relationship and infant characteristics. The response rates at different time-points were 90%, 77% and 70%. Results: The parent-baby bond was associated with parental mental health, the couple's relationship and infant characteristics. The most important predictors of the parent-baby bond three months postpartum for both men and women were the couple's relationship during pregnancy and their baby's temperament at three months. At 15 months postpartum, after accounting for the parent-baby bond at 3 months, only concurrent infant temperament remained a significant predictor for women. However, men's bond with their baby at 15 months was predicted by their relationship with their partner in pregnancy and concurrent affective symptoms. Few significant gender differences were found, apart from women reporting more mental health symptoms than men. Conclusion: This study highlights the significance of the couple's relationship in pregnancy and the infant's temperament on the development of the parent-baby bond. Future research is needed to examine this in larger more representative samples.Keywords: parent-baby bond; mental health; longitudinal; father(s); mother(s) IntroductionThe formation of a close positive early relationship between a parent and their baby is widely viewed as important for a range of child outcomes, such as social, emotional and cognitive development. Impaired parent-baby relationships have been estimated to range between 3% and 9% in the general population (Righetti-Veltema, Conne-Perrard, Bousquet, & Manzano, 2002;Skovgaard et al., 2008) and between 10% and 25% in psychiatric samples (Brockington, 2004).

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Parental perceptions and infant temperament development

Cited by 75 publications

References 55 publications

Stressed parents: a dyadic perspective on perceived infant temperament

Stressed parents: a dyadic perspective on perceived infant temperament

Measurement of fine-grained aspects of toddler temperament: The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire

A prospective study of the parent–baby bond in men and women 15 months after birth

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