Relationship between neurobehaviours of Chinese neonates and early mother–infant interaction

Zhu, Honglin; Loo, Kek Khee; Min, Lihua; Yin, Qiongying; Luo, Hong Ji; Chen, Lian; Ohgi, Shohei

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“…For example, a difficult temperament in the infant, with expression of negative emotions (Campbell, Cohn, & Meyers, 1995) could negatively affect the parent-infant interaction by inducing a vicious circle of mutual rejections between the parent and baby. Similarly, baby characteristics including excessive crying, sleeping difficulties and over sensitivity to stimulation are hypothesised to affect the mother-baby relationship negatively (Hofacker & Papousek, 1998;Zhu et al, 2007). Rothbart (2007) defines temperament as individual differences in a child's emotional, motor and attentional reactivity and self-regulation.…”

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

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

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Ayers

Pike

et al. 2014

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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“…Early difficult infant temperament has been associated with elevated rates of parental mental health problems (e.g. Bang, ; Melchior et al, ), a less optimal parent–infant relationship (Hofacker & Papousek, ; Zhu et al, ) and child behavioural problems (Bosquet Enlow et al, ; Dale et al, ; Jessee, Mangelsdorf, Shigeto, & Wong, ), and also identified as a predictor of later difficult child temperament (Canals, Hernandez‐Martinez, & Fernandez‐Ballart, ). Parental perceptions of their infant's characteristics have also been associated with the child's development (Hernandez‐Martinez, Canals Sans, & Fernandez‐Ballart, ; Molfese et al, ).…”

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Infant Developmental Outcomes: A Family Systems Perspective

2013

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent AbstractThe aim of the current study was to examine whether parental mental health, the parent-infant relationship, infant characteristics and couple's relationship factors were directly or indirectly associated with the infant's cognitive, language or motor development.Forty-two families took part at three time-points. The first, at three months postpartum,

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“…The parent–baby relationship is a reciprocal process where the baby also plays an active part (Sameroff, McDonough, & Rosenblum, 2004). For example, early infant characteristics such as the intensity of response to stimulation (Zhu et al, 2007), sleeping disturbances, and excessive crying (Hofacker & Papousek, 1998) have been associated with a poorer mother–baby relationship. However, many studies assessing infant characteristics and temperament have relied on parents' subjective perceptions of their baby.…”

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