The Mediating Role of Parenting Stress in the Relationship Between Anxious and Depressive Symptomatology, Mothers’ Perception of Infant Temperament, and Mindful Parenting During the Postpartum Period

Fernandes, Daniela V.; Canavarro, Maria Cristina; Moreira, Helena

doi:10.1007/s12671-020-01327-4

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“…Poor sleep has been considered a source of considerable stress in postpartum mothers, and it has been associated with depression independently of other risk factors (Dorheim et al, 2009). Additionally, perceiving an infant's temperament as difficult has also been associated with depressive symptoms (Fernandes et al, 2020), and it was shown that depressed mothers perceive their infants as having a more difficult temperament than nondepressed mothers (Austin et al, 2005; McGrath et al, 2008). Although these factors refer to the women's perceptions, they are indirectly associated with difficult challenges and demands of this period and therefore could be less relevant to experiencing positive mental health in the presence of other factors.…”

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Is positive mental health and the absence of mental illness the same? Factors associated with flourishing and the absence of depressive symptoms in postpartum women

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Objective Exploring a wide range of factors associated with flourishing and with the absence of depressive symptoms among postpartum women. Methods A sample of 661 postpartum women completed a set of questionnaires assessing sociodemographic and infant‐related data, flourishing, psychological flexibility, self‐compassion, resilience, and maternal confidence. Results Younger infant age, higher levels of maternal confidence, and resilience increased the likelihood of flourishing. In turn, higher income, fewer problems with an infant's sleep, perceiving an infant's temperament as easy, and higher psychological flexibility increased the likelihood of not having depressive symptoms. Appraising the support received by others as good and having higher self‐compassion increased the likelihood of both outcomes. Conclusions Our results support positive mental health and mental illness being related but distinct dimensions. Promoting positive mental health in the postpartum period should be an additional goal in public health care as it may efficiently complement the prevention of psychopathology.

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Is positive mental health and the absence of mental illness the same? Factors associated with flourishing and the absence of depressive symptoms in postpartum women

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“…Maternal mindfulness—nonjudgmental and purposeful attention to present-moment experience (Kabat-Zinn, 2003 )—has been shown to protect against perinatal anxiety and depression (Hicks et al, 2018 ), to increase parental relationship satisfaction (Gambrel & Piercy, 2015 ), and to cultivate sensitive, responsive caregiving in new mothers (Baumrind, 1989 ; Duncan et al, 2009 ; Shaddix, 2014 ; Siegel & Hartzell, 2003 ). Parents who are able to be aware, accepting, and responsive to their baby’s needs either through an inherent capacity for or a cultivated practice of mindfulness will foster higher-quality parent–child relationships and be better able to avoid automatic patterns of maladaptive parenting behavior (Duncan et al, 2009 ; Fernandes et al, 2021 ), thus promoting secure attachment relationships (Siegel & Hartzell, 2003 ). In turn, infants of more mindful mothers show benefits in social-emotional development (Braeken et al, 2017 ; Van den Heuvel, Donkers, et al, 2015 ; Van den Heuvel, Johannes, et al, 2015 ), neurocognitive functioning (Van den Heuvel, Donkers, et al, 2015 ; Van den Heuvel, Johannes, et al, 2015 ), and neuroendocrine stress regulation (Laurent et al, 2017 ).…”

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The Indirect Effect of Parental Intolerance of Uncertainty on Perinatal Mental Health via Mindfulness During COVID-19

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Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with mental health difficulties, especially during pregnancy and early postpartum. Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and reduced capacity for mindfulness—a protective factor for child-bearers—may be particularly relevant factors driving mental health problems given the unpredictable nature of the pandemic. The current study aims to shed light on modifiable paths to perinatal psychological distress by testing whether there is an indirect effect of IU on psychological symptoms through a perceived reduction in mindfulness during the pandemic. Methods Pregnant individuals (67%, n = 133) and new mothers within 6 months postpartum (33%, n = 66) participated in a cross-sectional online survey assessing IU, current and retrospective pre-pandemic mindfulness (FFMQ), and psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression, somatization; BSI). Perceived change in mindfulness was captured by including retrospective mindfulness as a covariate in the PROCESS macro used for analyses. Results Tests of the direct association between mindfulness, IU, and psychological symptoms showed significant effects of IU ( b = 0.46, SE = 0.064; p < .001) and perceived decrease in mindfulness during the pandemic ( b = − 0.72, SE = 0.08, p < .001) on psychological symptoms ( R 2 = .21–.34; F [2, 197] = 51.13–52.81, p < .001). The indirect effect of IU on symptoms via perceived decrease in mindfulness during the pandemic ( b = 0.13, SE = 0.043, 95%CI [.060, .226]) was significant ( R 2 = .41, F [3, 195] = 45.08, p < .001). Conclusions Results suggest that mothers who are less able to tolerate uncertainty experience more psychological symptoms, in part due to perceived reduction in mindfulness during the pandemic. Future research should examine whether IU is a screening risk marker and target for mindfulness-based interventions to improve maternal well-being and family outcomes.

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“…Although in the postpartum period a certain level of stress is expected (Rollè et al, 2017) due to the demands of the newborn, a high level of stress can have an impact on the caregiving for the baby (Fernandes, Canavarro & Moreira, 2020). As a woman becomes a mother, she needs to develop new abilities (Missler, Beijers, Denissen, & van Straten, 2018) to deal with a different routine, composed of new tasks and challenges, such as Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL).…”

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AMAMENTAÇÃO E CUIDADOS AO BEBÊ DURANTE A PANDEMIA DA COVID-19: como recursos multimídias podem ajudar

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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development of coping strategies to face the stress generated by the worldwide crisis of the new coronavirus became mandatory. Based on this, the purpose of this article is to analyze multimedia resources on video format for the digital platform Instagram as health education strategies to help puerperal women and their support networks during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a descriptive methodological study based on the evaluation of content validity criterion by 21 postnatal judges, with an average age of 29.38 years. Most of them lived in the southeastern region of Brazil (n = 20) and had higher education (52.38%), followed by high school (38.09%). Content Validity Coefficients (CVC) ≥ 0.80 were adopted to validate language clarity, relevance, pertinence, and presentation of the videos. All CVC of the from the Series “Breastfeeding” were satisfactory between ≥ 0.85 and 1. With the exception of the 4th video (CVC ≥ 0.73) the videos from the Series “Neonatal Care” obtained CVC between ≥0,86 and 1. These results indicate that the target population considered the videos relevant, adequate, easy to understand and aesthetically pleasing. Accordingly, multimedia resources in video format can be considered a valid tool for the educational health proposal. Thus, the videos could help women during the postpartum period and their families to cope with the stress from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Mediating Role of Parenting Stress in the Relationship Between Anxious and Depressive Symptomatology, Mothers’ Perception of Infant Temperament, and Mindful Parenting During the Postpartum Period

Cited by 56 publications

References 98 publications

Is positive mental health and the absence of mental illness the same? Factors associated with flourishing and the absence of depressive symptoms in postpartum women

Is positive mental health and the absence of mental illness the same? Factors associated with flourishing and the absence of depressive symptoms in postpartum women

The Indirect Effect of Parental Intolerance of Uncertainty on Perinatal Mental Health via Mindfulness During COVID-19

AMAMENTAÇÃO E CUIDADOS AO BEBÊ DURANTE A PANDEMIA DA COVID-19: como recursos multimídias podem ajudar

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