Paternal influences on infant temperament: Effects of father internalizing problems, parenting-related stress, and temperament

Potapova, Natalia; Gartstein, Maria A.; Bridgett, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.12.014

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“…These findings do not diverge from published work on parenting and infant temperament. For example, in a sample of 4‐month‐olds, infant temperamental negativity related to fathers’ parenting stress (Potapova, Gartstein, & Bridgett, ), and mothers reporting higher stress had infants lower in smiling and laughter (Bridgett et al, ). These relations are not limited to infancy, as infant emotional intensity and difficult temperament also predicts parenting stress for both mothers and fathers at 4 years of age (McBride, Schoppe, & Rane, ).…”

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Observed Profiles of Infant Temperament: Stability, Heritability, and Associations With Parenting

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Goldsmith

2019

Child Development

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Profiles of infant temperament were derived from 990 infants at 6 and 12 months of age using observed measures from the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery. Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires measuring parent affect and stress. Four profiles emerged at each age (typical, low negative, withdrawn/inhibited, and positive/active or low reactive) using latent profile analysis. Temperament profiles show some evidence of stability and heritability, particularly for the withdrawn/inhibited group. In addition, profiles relate to parent affect and stress in different ways for mothers and fathers. Results highlight the utility of a person-centered approach to temperamental research and are discussed in relation to developmental patterns of infant temperament.

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Observed Profiles of Infant Temperament: Stability, Heritability, and Associations With Parenting

Planalp

Goldsmith

2019

Child Development

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“…It is likely that there is feedback between the components in this model, and that other factors (e.g., child temperament or behavior) also may play a role in how this process occurs (Potapova, Garstein, & Bridgett, 2014). Specifically, we found the strongest evidence for maternal support relating to parenting stress indirectly through satisfaction.…”

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“…However, these findings are preliminary, as data were cross-sectional and therefore cannot be interpreted as causal. It is likely that there is feedback between the components in this model, and that other factors (e.g., child temperament or behavior) also may play a role in how this process occurs (Potapova, Garstein, & Bridgett, 2014). Thus, further work is needed to investigate these important relations.…”

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Mexican‐Origin Parents’ Stress and Satisfaction: The Role of Emotional Support

2018

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Guided by a process model of parenting and the integrative model, this study examined sources of emotional support (i.e., partner, maternal, paternal) as related to stress and satisfaction resulting from the parenting role in a sample of Mexican-origin young adult parents who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) during Wave IV. Participants were male and female parents (26-35 years of age; 59% female; N = 737) who had children and a partner. Results from structural equation modeling revealed support from mothers as salient; high levels of maternal support were associated with high levels of parenting satisfaction. Tests of indirect effects suggested that parenting satisfaction played an intervening role in the link between maternal support and parenting stress. The pattern of results held across levels of linguistic acculturation but varied by gender. Understanding the mechanisms that predict parenting stress and satisfaction within the Mexican-origin population may help in the identification of culturally sensitive intervention strategies.

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“…With age, pups are increasingly capable of effectively stimulating the mother so she can maintain a high ABN posture (ABN2 and ABN3) favorable for milk ejection [59]. In humans, gestationally drug-exposed children induce higher levels of parental stress in both biological and foster parents [61], which has been shown to influence parental behavior [62]. Likewise, in rats, developmental exposure to ethanol alters pup-initiated nursing-related behaviors such as latency to attach to a nipple and ultrasonic vocalizations during nursing (19, see Kelly et al, 2009 for review).…”

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Can low-level ethanol exposure during pregnancy influence maternal care? An investigation using two strains of rat across two generations

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Sanders

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Physiology & Behavior

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Gestational alcohol use is well documented as detrimental to both maternal and fetal health, producing increased offspring’s tendency for alcoholism, as well as behavioral and neuropsychological disorders. In both rodents and in humans, parental care can influence the development of offspring physiology and behavior. Animal studies that have investigated gestational alcohol use on parental care and/or their interaction mostly employ heavy alcohol use and single strains. This study aimed at investigating the effects of low gestational ethanol dose on parental behavior and its transgenerational transmission, with comparison between two rat strains. Pregnant Sprague Dawley (SD) and Long Evans (LE) progenitor dams (F0) received 1g/kg ethanol or water through gestational days 17– 20 via gavage, or remained untreated in their home cages. At maturity, F1 female offspring were mated with same strain and treatment males and were left undisturbed through gestation. Maternal behavior was scored in both generations during the first six postnatal days. Arched-back nursing (ABN) was categorized as: 1, when the dam demonstrated minimal kyphosis; 2, when the dam demonstrated moderate kyphosis; and 3, when the dam displayed maximal kyphosis. Overall, SD showed greater amounts of ABN than LE dams and spend more time in contact with their pups. In the F0 generation, water and ethanol gavage increased ABN1 and contact with pups in SD, behaviors which decreased in treated LE. For ABN2, ethanol-treated SD dams showed more ABN2 than water-treated dams, with no effect of treatment on LE animals. In the F1 generation, prenatal exposure affected retrieval. Transgenerational transmission of LG was observed only in the untreated LE group. Strain-specific differences in maternal behavior were also observed. This study provides evidence that gestational gavage can influence maternal behavior in a strain-specific manner. Our results also suggest that the experimental procedure during gestation and genetic variations between strains may play an important role in the behavioral effects of prenatal manipulations.

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Paternal influences on infant temperament: Effects of father internalizing problems, parenting-related stress, and temperament

Cited by 22 publications

References 27 publications

Observed Profiles of Infant Temperament: Stability, Heritability, and Associations With Parenting

Observed Profiles of Infant Temperament: Stability, Heritability, and Associations With Parenting

Mexican‐Origin Parents’ Stress and Satisfaction: The Role of Emotional Support

Can low-level ethanol exposure during pregnancy influence maternal care? An investigation using two strains of rat across two generations

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