The Relationship of Child Temperament, Maternal Parenting Stress, Maternal Child Interaction and Child Health Rating

Larkin, Shelagh; Otis, Melanie D.

doi:10.1007/s10560-018-0587-8

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“…Temperament score at age one is significantly correlated with externalizing behavior at age five among FFCWS participants [27]. Consistent with previous FFCWS analyses using this temperament scale [27][28][29], factor analysis indicated that the three items represented a single factor, with moderate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.60). We summed standardized factor loadings for each of the items to generate a weighted score for temperament with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of approximately one.…”

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confidence: 80%

Severe Housing Insecurity during Pregnancy: Association with Adverse Birth and Infant Outcomes

Leifheit

Schwartz

Pollack

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Introduction: Housing insecurity is increasingly commonplace among disadvantaged women and children. We measured the individual- and population-level impact of severe housing insecurity during pregnancy on adverse birth and infant outcomes. Methods: We analyzed data from 3428 mother–infant dyads enrolled in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a prospective cohort study representing births in 20 large U.S. cities from 1998 to 2000. Severe housing insecurity was defined as threatened eviction or homelessness during pregnancy. Outcomes included low birth weight and/or preterm birth, admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or stepdown facility, extended hospitalization after delivery, and infant health and temperament. We estimated exposure–outcome associations with risk ratios adjusted for pre-pregnancy maternal sociodemographic and heath factors and calculated a population attributable fraction (PAF) of outcomes attributable to severe housing insecurity. Results: We found statistically significant associations between severe housing insecurity during pregnancy and low birth weight and/or preterm birth (risk ratio (RR] 1.73, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.28, 2.32), NICU or stepdown stay (RR 1.64, CI 1.17, 2.31), and extended hospitalization (RR 1.66, CI 1.28, 2.16). Associations between housing insecurity and infant fair or poor health (RR 2.62, CI 0.91, 7.48) and poor temperament (RR 1.52, CI 0.98, 2.34) were not statistically significant. PAF estimates ranged from 0.9–2.7%, suggesting that up to three percent of adverse birth and infant outcomes could be avoided by eliminating severe housing insecurity among low-income, pregnant women in US cities. Conclusions: Results suggest that housing insecurity during pregnancy shapes neonatal and infant health in disadvantaged urban families.

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Severe Housing Insecurity during Pregnancy: Association with Adverse Birth and Infant Outcomes

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Schwartz

Pollack

et al. 2020

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“…Although the family stress model theoretically accounts for the roles of both mothers and fathers in influencing child outcomes, most studies have focused on mothers. Recent studies suggest that higher maternal parenting stress is associated with lower child health ratings (Larkin & Otis, 2019), and mothers' supportiveness mediates the relationship between parenting stress and child behavior problems (Cherry, Gerstein, & Ciciolla, 2019). When examining fathers, cross-sectional studies show that fathers' parenting stress is associated with lower selfreported measures of caregiving involvement (Fagan, Bernd, & Whiteman, 2007) and child behavior problems (Lee, Pace, Lee, & Knauer, 2018).…”

Section: Family Stress Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mothers’ and fathers’ parenting stress, responsiveness, and child wellbeing among low-income families

Ward

Lee

2020

Children and Youth Services Review

108

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Robust research shows that parenting stress is associated with lower levels of parental sensitivity toward their children (i.e., parental responsiveness), thus negatively influencing child outcomes. While research supports these associations, most studies utilize self-report measures of parental responsiveness and exclude fathers. This study examines whether observed parental responsiveness mediates the relationship between parenting stress and child cognitive development, prosocial behavior, and behavior problems in a large sample of diverse lowincome families. Data were obtained from the Building Strong Families Project (N = 1,173). Dyadic bootstrapped mediation models were estimated in Mplus. For mothers and fathers, parenting stress was negatively associated with responsiveness (B = −0.08, 95% CI = [−0.14, −0.02], p = .012), and responsiveness was positively associated with child cognitive development (B = 0.15, 95% CI = [0.11, 0.19], p < .001) and child prosocial behavior (B = 0.12, 95% CI = [0.08, 0.15], p < .001). Mothers' responsiveness was negatively associated with child behavior problems (B = −0.07, 95% CI = [−0.13, −0.01], p = .020), but fathers' responsiveness was not (B = −0.01, 95% CI = [−0.06, 0.05], p = .814). For mothers and fathers, parenting stress was indirectly related to child cognitive development and prosocial behavior via responsiveness. Indirect effects were not found for mothers or fathers when predicting child behavior problems. To improve children's wellbeing, interventions may consider strengthening responsiveness and reducing parental stress among both mothers and fathers.

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“…Feeling stressed and overwhelmed led parents to feel more difficulty in setting and keeping limits on their child's intake of sweets (63) and to increase purchasing and consumption of high-energy foods like ice cream and fast food even if a meal was already prepared at home (64) . Parenting stress has been associated with higher child consumption of fast food (60) , higher BMI (1,60,65) , greater decline in overall dietary quality over 1 year (66) , more parental pressure to eat, having fewer homemade foods (67) , higher levels of child emotional overeating (68) and poorer overall child health (69) . Although EH may directly affect child diet quality (27) , there are likely other processes by which EH can affect child diet, such as parenting stress.…”

Section: Parenting Stress and Child Dietmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic hardship and child intake of foods high in saturated fats and added sugars: the mediating role of parenting stress among high-risk families

Schuler

Daundasekara

Hernandez

et al. 2020

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Economic hardship (EH) may link to poorer child diet, however whether this association is due to resource limitations or effects on family functioning is unknown. This study examines whether parenting stress mediates the association between EH and child consumption of foods high in saturated fats and added sugars (SFAS). Design: Data were collected from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study. EH was assessed using eight items collected when children were between 1–9 years old. Mothers reported parenting stress and frequency of child consumption of high SFAS foods when children were 9 years old. Latent growth curve modelling (LGCM) and structural equation modelling tested direct associations between the starting level/rate of change in EH and high SFAS food consumption, and parenting stress as a mediator of the association. Setting: Twenty US cities. Participants: Mothers/children (n 3846) followed birth through age 9 years, oversampled ‘high-risk’, unmarried mothers. Results: LGCM indicated a curvilinear trend in EH from ages 1–9, with steeper increases from ages 3–9 years. EH did not directly predict the frequency of high SFAS foods. Average EH at 3 and 5 years and change in EH from ages 1–9 predicted higher parenting stress, which in turn predicted more frequent consumption of high SFAS foods. Conclusions: Findings suggest it may be important to consider parenting stress in early prevention efforts given potential lasting effects of early life EH on child consumption of high SFAS foods. Future research should explore how supports and resources may buffer effects of EH-related stress on parents and children.

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The Relationship of Child Temperament, Maternal Parenting Stress, Maternal Child Interaction and Child Health Rating

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

Severe Housing Insecurity during Pregnancy: Association with Adverse Birth and Infant Outcomes

Severe Housing Insecurity during Pregnancy: Association with Adverse Birth and Infant Outcomes

Mothers’ and fathers’ parenting stress, responsiveness, and child wellbeing among low-income families

Economic hardship and child intake of foods high in saturated fats and added sugars: the mediating role of parenting stress among high-risk families

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