Self-efficacy in abused and neglected pregnant women: attachment theory and theory of mind perspectives

İnanıcı, Sinem Yıldız; Akgün, Büşra; Karataş, Hakan

doi:10.1080/00450618.2019.1695940

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“…Living in an abusive situation can shape or alter left-behind children’s inner and outer perceptions, which may correlate with deficits in social cognition and self-efficacy [ 37 , 38 ]. Our findings are consistent with previous conclusions and suggest that childhood maltreatment is negatively correlated with self-efficacy in the left-behind children groups [ 39 , 40 ]. This study also verifies the association between self-efficacy and left-behind children’s suicidal ideation.…”

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“…Living in an abusive situation can shape or alter individuals’ inner and outer perceptions, which may relate to deficits in social cognition and self-efficacy [ 37 , 38 ]. Extensive empirical research identified a low perceived self-efficacy as a potentially detrimental outcome of early maltreatment exposures [ 39 , 40 ]. Using longitudinal data from a sample of 739 adolescent girls and boys aged between 14 and 18 years in Canada, Marie-Pier’s research found a strong correlation between child sexual abuse and self-efficacy [ 41 ].…”

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Direct and Indirect Effects of Child Maltreatment on Suicidal Ideation among Chinese Left-Behind Children: Does Gender Make a Difference?

Fan

2022

Behavioral Sciences

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Previous studies indicate that maltreatment is related to children’s suicidal ideation, but the indirect mechanisms of left-behind children have been rarely investigated in the Chinese context. On the basis of a left-behind children sample (N = 1355; 57.1% females), this study aims to investigate the direct and indirect effects of maltreatment on suicidal ideation among Chinese left-behind children. The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) demonstrate that child maltreatment not only directly affects the suicidal ideation of left-behind children, but can also indirectly affect their suicidal ideation through the partially mediating role of self-efficacy. Moreover, a significant gender difference was found in the direct effect of maltreatment on suicidal ideation, with females experiencing stronger influence than males. Findings suggest that the effect of maltreatment on the suicidal ideation of left-behind children is mediated by self-efficacy and moderated by gender. Findings also highlight intervention directions for risk behaviors among left-behind children.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Direct and Indirect Effects of Child Maltreatment on Suicidal Ideation among Chinese Left-Behind Children: Does Gender Make a Difference?

Fan

2022

Behavioral Sciences

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“…Studies included in this review present several other factors that might be related to ToM within the pregnant or early postpartum population. Of the four attachment styles reported by pregnant women, the anxious preoccupied attachment style was negatively correlated with ToM 31 . This is in line with previous work showing a relationship between RMET performance and attachment‐related anxiety 51 .…”

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“…They showed that higher psychosocial risk was correlated with higher performance on the RMET. In contrast, Yildiz Inanici et al 31 used the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire to divide pregnant participants in an abused and non‐abused group. They found no significant differences in correct answers on the RMET between groups, nor a correlation between correct answers and self‐efficacy (assessed with The Parental Self Efficacy Questionnaire).…”

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Theory of mind during pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review

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Spalek

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J Neuroendocrinology

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Pregnancy is associated with prominent structural changes in brain areas involved in Theory of Mind (ToM), pointing to the possibility of modifications in ToM‐related behavior and brain responses in parents. We performed a systematic review screening for studies that examined ToM in pregnant and/or early postpartum parents. The evaluation of the included 12 studies allowed us to construct an overview of ToM changes during pregnancy and postpartum as well as other associated factors, such as oxytocin, mental health, and parental behavior. Four studies examined ToM changes by comparing pregnant/early postpartum parents with nulliparous parents or prepregnancy measures. They reported no differences between groups measured with a self‐report questionnaire but found group differences using an experimental approach. The results from the summarized studies further suggest a mediatory role of oxytocin between ToM and certain parental behavior. In addition, while no link between postpartum depression and ToM was observed, findings do point to an association between depressive and remote maternal behavior and anxious attachment style and ToM abilities in pregnant participants. Research findings regarding the interaction of ToM with both parity and maternal attachment to the fetus are ambivalent. Overall, research on this topic is scarce, limiting our ability to draw firm conclusions and stressing the need for further research on this topic. This review presents an overview of research findings on ToM and associated factors in pregnancy and the postpartum period and discusses directions for future research.

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“…Women enter motherhood with various personal histories of development and many intrapersonal enduring characteristics primarily as a result of their developmental histories (Belsky, 1984). Such histories and characteristics, albeit as relatively distal factors, considerably affect maternal adaptation to the transition to parenthood as well as their early parenting processes (e.g., Barrett & Fleming, 2011; Belsky & Jaffee, 2006; Bentley & Zamir, 2021; Christie et al, 2017; Kerr & Capaldi, 2019; Savage et al, 2019; Yıldız Inanıcı et al, 2021). Due to the focus of our review, we particularly emphasize the key implications of mothers’ own experiences of early emotion-related parenting, especially in distress contexts, in their families of origin for the formation and development of maternal self-regulatory capacities and adult attachment style/representations.…”

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Origins and development of maternal self-efficacy in emotion-related parenting during the transition to parenthood: Toward an integrative process framework beyond Bandura’s model.

Cao¹,

Leerkes²,

Zhou³

2023

Psychological Review

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For new mothers, coping with infant distress is challenging. Mothers' self-efficacy in emotion-related parenting plays critical roles in shaping their adaptation and children's development. Research on antecedents of maternal parenting self-efficacy has been predominantly based on the global self-efficacy theory outlined by Bandura in the 1970s. Despite the utility of Bandura's theory, subsequent research on emotion-related parenting has highlighted avenues for extending and adapting his model to more adequately elucidate the cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes underlying the development of maternal emotion-related parenting self-efficacy. In view of the basic and applied value of a clearer account of how new mothers' emotion-related parenting self-efficacy emerges and evolves, the increasing amount of research on this topic, and the absence of syntheses of extant studies, we reviewed relevant literature. First, constructs and propositions in prevailing theoretical perspectives are examined for their utility to elucidate the development of new mothers' emotion-related parenting self-efficacy, particularly the implicated cognitive, affective, and behavioral mechanisms and how they work together. Second, a framework is outlined that integrates strengths of various theories to delineate processes underlying the emergence and evolution of new mothers' emotion-related parenting self-efficacy. Third, findings across disparate studies are summarized to provide a foundation for the offered framework. To better inform future research, we demonstrated how to build testable mid-range models with substantive constructs and hypotheses from the proposed framework through deductive theorizing process. We also evaluated the utility of the proposed model for studying new fathers. Last, implications for future research and practice are discussed.

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Self-efficacy in abused and neglected pregnant women: attachment theory and theory of mind perspectives

Cited by 3 publications

References 37 publications

Direct and Indirect Effects of Child Maltreatment on Suicidal Ideation among Chinese Left-Behind Children: Does Gender Make a Difference?

Direct and Indirect Effects of Child Maltreatment on Suicidal Ideation among Chinese Left-Behind Children: Does Gender Make a Difference?

Theory of mind during pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review

Origins and development of maternal self-efficacy in emotion-related parenting during the transition to parenthood: Toward an integrative process framework beyond Bandura’s model.

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