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Early Postpartum Parental Preoccupation and Positive Parenting Thoughts: Relationship with Parent–Infant Interaction

dc.contributor.authorKim, Pilyoungen_US
dc.contributor.authorMayes, Lindaen_US
dc.contributor.authorFeldman, Ruthen_US
dc.contributor.authorLeckman, James F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSwain, James E.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-08T20:50:03Z
dc.date.available2014-05-01T14:28:27Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationKim, Pilyoung; Mayes, Linda; Feldman, Ruth; Leckman, James F.; Swain, James E. (2013). "Early Postpartum Parental Preoccupation and Positive Parenting Thoughts: Relationship with Parent–Infant Interaction." Infant Mental Health Journal 34(2): 104-116. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/97261>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0163-9641en_US
dc.identifier.issn1097-0355en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/97261
dc.description.abstractParenting behaviors and parent–infant emotional bonding during the early postpartum months play a critical role in infant development. However, the nature and progression of parental thoughts and their relationship with interactive behaviors have received less research. The current study investigated the trajectory of parental thoughts and behaviors among primiparous mothers ( n = 18) and fathers ( n = 15) and multiparous mothers ( n = 13) and fathers ( n = 13), which were measured at the first and third postpartum month. At the third postpartum month, the relationship between parental thoughts and parental interactive behaviors also was tested. Mothers and fathers showed high levels of preoccupations and caregiving thoughts during the first postpartum month that significantly declined by the third postpartum month. In contrast, positive thoughts about parenting and the infant increased over the same time interval. Mothers presented higher levels of preoccupations and positive thoughts than did fathers, and first‐time parents reported more intense preoccupations than did experienced parents. Although maternal sensitivity was inversely related to maternal anxious thoughts, paternal sensitivity was predicted by higher levels of anxious as well as caregiving and positive thoughts. Las conductas de crianza y el apego emocional entre progenitor e infante durante los primeros meses posteriores al parto juegan un papel esencial en el desarrollo del infante. Sin embargo, la naturaleza y progresión de los pensamientos del progenitor y su relación con conductas interactivas ha sido menos investigada. El presente estudio investigó la trayectoria de los pensamientos y conductas del progenitor entre madres (N=18) y padres (N=15) primerizas(os), y madres (N=13) y padres (N=13) multíparas(os), todos los cuales fueron medidos durante el primer y el tercer mes después del parto. Al tercer mes después del parto, también se examinó la relación entre los pensamientos y las conductas interactivas del progenitor. Tanto las madres como los padres mostraron altos niveles de preocupaciones y pensamientos sobre la prestación del cuidado durante el primer mes después del parto, lo que significativamente bajó para el tercer mes después del parto. En contraste, los pensamientos positivos acerca de la crianza y del infante aumentaron durante el mismo intervalo de tiempo. Las madres presentaron niveles más altos de preocupaciones y pensamientos positivos que los padres, y los progenitores primerizos reportaron preocupaciones más intensas que los progenitores con experiencia. Mientras que la sensibilidad materna fue inversamente relacionada con los pensamientos maternos de ansiedad, los altos niveles de ansiedad así como la prestación del cuidado y los pensamientos positivos predijeron la sensibilidad paterna Les comportements de parentages et les liens émotionnels parent‐bébé durant les premiers mois postpartum jouent un rôle critique dans le développement du bébé. Cependant la nature et la progression des pensées et réflections parentales et leur relation aux comportements interactifs ont fait l'objet de moins de recherches. Cette étude s'est consacrée à la trajectoire des pensées parentales et des comportements parentaux chez des mères primipares (N = 18) et des pères (N = 15) ainsi que des mères multipares (N = 13) et des pères (N = 13), qui ont été mesurés au premier et au troisième mois postpartum. Au troisième mois postpartum, la relation entre les pensées parentales et les comportements interactifs parentaux a aussi été testée. A la fois les mères et les pères ont fait preuve de niveaux élevés de préoccupations et de pensées de soin durant le premier mois postpartum qui ont grandement décliné au troisième mois. En contraste, des pensées positives sur le parentage et le bébé ont augmenté durant le même intervalle. Les mères ont présenté des niveaux de préoccupation plus élevés ainsi que de pensées positives que les pères, et les parents pour la première fois ont fait état de préoccupations plus intenses que les parents expérimentés. Tout ceci alors que la sensibilité maternelle était inversement liée aux pensées anxieuses maternelles, alors que la sensibilité paternelle était prédite par des niveaux d'anxiété plus élevés ainsi que des pensées positives. Erziehungsverhalten und Emotionales Bonding zwischen Eltern und Säugling während der ersten postpartalen Lebensmonate spielen eine zentrale Rolle in der Entwicklung des Säuglings. Allerdings wurde der Charakter und der Verlauf der elterlichen Gedanken und deren Bezug zum interaktiven Verhalten bislang wenig beforscht. Die vorliegende Studie untersuchte den Pfad elterlicher Gedanken und Verhaltensweisen unter primiparen Müttern (N = 18) und Vätern (N = 15) und multiparen Müttern (N = 13) und Vätern (N = 13), die im ersten und dritten Monat nach der Geburt erfasst wurden. Im dritten Monat nach der Geburt wurde auch die Beziehung zwischen elterlichen Gedanken und elterlichen interaktiven Verhaltensweisen geprüft. Sowohl Mütter als auch Väter wiesen ein hohes Maß an Vertieftsein und fürsorglichen Gedanken während des ersten Monats nach der Geburt auf, die bis zum dritten Monat nach der Geburt signifikant abnahmen. Hingegen nahmen positive Gedanken über das Elterndasein im gleichen Zeitintervall zu. Mütter zeigten einen höheren Grad des Vertieftseins und der positiven Gedanken als Väter und erstmalige Eltern berichteten ein intensiveres Vertieftsein als erfahrene Eltern. Während mütterliche Sensitivität invers mit ängstlichen Gedanken der Mutter assoziiert war, wurde die väterliche Sensitivität durch einen höheren Grad sowohl an Angst als auch an fürsorglichen und positiven Gedanken vorhergesagt.en_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherHarper & Rowen_US
dc.titleEarly Postpartum Parental Preoccupation and Positive Parenting Thoughts: Relationship with Parent–Infant Interactionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPediatricsen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychiatryen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/imhj.21359en_US
dc.identifier.sourceInfant Mental Health Journalen_US
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