Parenting and child psychosocial development after infertility management

Gibson, Frances; McMahon, Catherine

doi:10.1016/j.ics.2004.01.116

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“…Scholarship examining childhood and parent–child relations in families where assisted reproductive technology has been used shows that in childhood, parental expression of more protective attitudes (but not over-protectiveness) and greater warmth towards the child are common. The children appear to have secure attachment in relationships with their parents, and behavioural adjustment is mostly comparable with that of naturally conceived children ( Boivin et al, 2009 , Gibson and McMahon, 2004 ). According to most studies on assisted reproduction and neurodevelopmental outcomes in the child, there is no increase in the risk of mental disorders, of cognitive, behavioural, socio-emotional deficits, or of problems in psychomotor development in children after assisted reproductive treatment ( Bay et al, 2013 ).…”

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Psychosocial needs of women and their partners after successful assisted reproduction treatment in Barcelona

Crespo¹,

Bestard²

2016

Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online

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It is assumed that pregnancy and parenthood after a period of infertility are unproblematic and gratifying. However, a review of the literature highlights the complexity of the psychological and social consequences of pregnancy, childbirth and parenting after successful treatment with assisted reproductive technology. These experiences, including those following the creation of new forms of non-genetic and/or social parenthood, require investigation in order to understand how women and their partners integrate their journey from infertility to pregnancy and parenthood after successful assisted reproductive treatment. This paper presents results derived from qualitative interviews with 30 pregnant women and 21 couples after assisted reproductive treatment (repeated rounds of individual interviews with the study participants) conducted from July 2010 to April 2014 as part of a larger ethnographic study exploring the psychosocial needs of women and partners following assisted reproductive treatment in Barcelona’s. The transcribed text was coded into categories of either predetermined or emergent topics. Prior studies have found that couples who achieve pregnancy after infertility may experience higher levels of anxiety in relation to pregnancy. This anxiety can be linked with a higher risk of complications during pregnancy after assisted reproductive treatment compared with spontaneous conception. However, the evidence concerning adjustment to pregnancy and parenthood is inconclusive. This study highlights the necessity for participants to give meaning to these treatments, given the variability that exists in perceptions of infertility and pregnancy after successful assisted reproductive treatment.

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Psychosocial needs of women and their partners after successful assisted reproduction treatment in Barcelona

Crespo¹,

Bestard²

2016

Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online

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“…However, research suggests that the psychosocial and cognitive development of ART children is similar to those spontaneously conceived (Gibson & McMahon, 2004;Middelburg, Heineman, Bos, & Hadders-Algra, 2008;Wagenaar, Huisman, CohenKettenis, & Delemarre-van de Waal, 2008). To our knowledge, this is the first study to compare mental health trajectories from pregnancy to postpartum between ART and normative mothers and to examine whether the trajectories differently predict child's later mental health and development in ART families.…”

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“…ART pregnancies involve more premature birth and low birth weight (Jackson, Gibson, Wu, & Croughan, 2004; Poikkeus, Gissler, Unkila-Kallio, Hyden-Granskog, & Tiitinen, 2007; Schieve et al, 2002) that can have negative impacts on child development (van Baar, Ultee, Gunning, Soepatmi, & de Leeuw, 2006). However, research suggests that the psychosocial and cognitive development of ART children is similar to those spontaneously conceived (Gibson & McMahon, 2004; Middelburg, Heineman, Bos, & Hadders-Algra, 2008; Wagenaar, Huisman, Cohen-Kettenis, & Delemarre-van de Waal, 2008). To our knowledge, this is the first study to compare mental health trajectories from pregnancy to postpartum between ART and normative mothers and to examine whether the trajectories differently predict child’s later mental health and development in ART families.…”

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Maternal pre- and postnatal mental health trajectories and child mental health and development

Vänskä

Punamäki

Tolvanen

et al. 2011

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Pregnancy and early motherhood involve uncertainty and change, which can evoke mental health problems. We identified maternal mental health trajectories in pre-and postnatal period, and examined their association with later child mental health and development. Finnish mothers reported psychological distress (General Health Questionnaire ) and depressive (Beck Depression Inventory ) symptoms in pregnancy (T1; N ¼ 788) and two months (T2; N ¼ 657) and 12 months (T3; N ¼ 545) postpartum. Both parents accounted their child's mental health (Behavior Assessment System for Children [BASC]) and social (Social Skills Rating System [SSRS], Child Behavior Scale [CBS]) and cognitive development (Five to Fifteen [FTF]) when the child was 7-8 years old (T4; N ¼ 485). We identified five trajectories depicting unique timing and course of maternal mental health from pregnancy into 1 year of mothering: Stable low levels of mental health symptoms (75%) and prenatal (6%), early postpartum (9%) and late postpartum (6%) mental health problems. The fifth trajectory, heterogeneous high levels of mental health problems (4%) was an unclassified post hoc class, combining mothers with chronic high or highly variable mental health profiles. Results show some trajectory-related timing effects on children's mental health and cognitive development. The trajectories of early postpartum and heterogeneous high levels of mental health problems predicted higher level of internalizing symptoms as compared to stable low-levels trajectory. The heterogeneous highlevels trajectory predicted higher levels of problems in executive functions than the stable low and late postpartum trajectories, and in memory tasks than children in other trajectories. We discuss the timing and course of maternal mental health from the viewpoint of infant and child development.

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“…В младенческий период развития психологический компонент здоровья матери (показатель родительского отношения к ребенку) продолжает играть заметную роль. Низкий уровень отзывчивости и чувствительности матери к потребностям ребенка в группе ЭКО является значимым предиктором проявления у детей черт «сложного», «непредсказуемого», «скучного» трудного детского темперамента, что согласуется с результатами исследования [48]. Это означает, что неспособность матери чутко реагировать на потребности ребенка и удовлетворить их должным образом может быть причиной проявления в его поведении паттернов трудного детского темперамента, проявляющегося в избегании самостоятельной активности, взаимодействия с людьми, в том числе игрового, и сложности быстро успокоить ребенка, что характерно и в период раннего детства.…”

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Influence of Maternal Health on Mental Development and Health of Children Born Through In Vitro Fertilization, in Longitudinal Study

Бохан¹,

Силаева²,

Терехина³

et al. 2023

Психиатрия, Психотерапия И Клиническая Психология

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В статье представлены результаты лонгитюдного исследования детского развития, целью которого являлось изучение влияния состояния здоровья матери на показатели психического развития и здоровья детей, рожденных посредством экстракорпорального оплодотворения, на ранних этапах детства. В исследовании приняли участие 174 женщины группы с ЭКО, 100 детей от индуцированной беременности, 334 женщины с естественным зачатием, 186 детей от естественного зачатия. Были использованы лонгитюдный, сравнительный, клинический, психодиагностический, статистический методы. В состоянии здоровья женщин-матерей группы ЭКО выявлены факторы, выступающие в различных функциях влияния на показатели психического развития и здоровья детей. В период новорожденности отсутствие нарушений репродуктивного, физического и психологического компонентов материнского здоровья – предиктор нормативных срока гестации, веса и длины тела ребенка; раздражительность матери в период беременности – опосредующий фактор влияния нарушений репродуктивного здоровья на неонатальные показатели. В период младенчества недостаток или снижение родительской самоэффективности– негативный предиктор трудного детского темперамента; высокий уровень взаимодействия с ребенком и низкий уровень гиперопеки – позитивный предиктор моторного развития; вклад родительских навыков матери в формирование «скучного» и «сложного» трудного детского темперамента косвенно определялся уровнем проявляемой враждебности с ее стороны по отношению к супругу/партнеру. В период раннего детства недостаток или снижение родительской самоэффективности – негативный предиктор формирования черт трудного детского темперамента; наличие симптомов депрессии у матери – фактор формирования эмоциональных нарушений у ребенка. Выявленные прямые и косвенные факторы со стороны здоровья матери, влияющие на благополучие ребенка в динамике, указывают на необходимость психологического сопровождения женщин – участниц программ ЭКО не только в период беременности, но и после родов. The article presents the results of a longitudinal study of child development, aimed at investigating the influence of mother’s health status on mental development and health of children born through in vitro fertilization, during the early stages of childhood. The participants were 174 women with induced pregnancies and their 100 children, and 334 women with natural conception and their 186 children. Longitudinal, comparative, clinical, psychodiagnostic, and statistical methods were used. Characteristics of IVF women’s health status were found to be related to children’s’ mental development and health, performing as predictors, mediators and moderators. During the neonatal period, the absence of the problems in maternal reproductive, physical and psychological health was predictor of normative gestational age, and weight and body length of the children. Mother’s irritability during the pregnancy significantly mediated the relationship between reproductive health disorders and children’s neonatal characteristics. During the infancy, a deficiency of parental self-efficacy appeared to be a negative predictor of children’s difficult temperament; a high level of interaction with the child and a low level of overprotection were positive predictors of motor development; the relationship between the mother’s parental skills and a "boring" and "difficult" children’s temperament was moderated by the level of mother’s hostility towards her spouse/partner. During the early childhood, a lack of parental self-efficacy was a negative predictor of child’s difficult temperament; maternal depressive symptoms significantly predicted children’s emotional disorders. The identified direct and indirect factors of maternal health affecting child’s wellbeing in dynamics pointed to the need for psychological support in women participating in IVF programs both during pregnancy and after childbirth.

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Parenting and child psychosocial development after infertility management

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Psychosocial needs of women and their partners after successful assisted reproduction treatment in Barcelona

Psychosocial needs of women and their partners after successful assisted reproduction treatment in Barcelona

Maternal pre- and postnatal mental health trajectories and child mental health and development

Influence of Maternal Health on Mental Development and Health of Children Born Through In Vitro Fertilization, in Longitudinal Study

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