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Silva, Milena da Rosa, Luiz Carlos Prado, and Cesar Augusto Piccinini. "Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and Postpartum Depression: The Fathers Participation." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 23, no. 55 (May 2013): 207–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272355201308.
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Given the specificities of postpartum maternal depression, the literature recommends that fathers become involved in psychological interventions within this context. This study presents an investigation of the participation of fathers in parent-infant psychotherapy in the context of maternal postpartum depression. Two families participated in this study, both with a child aged between 7 and 8 months old, whose mothers showed depressive symptoms. These families participated in parent-infant psychotherapy lasting approximately 12 sessions. Analysis of the fathers’ participation in psychotherapy showed that their presence during sessions enables the therapy to address aspects of parenthood, and also reduce the feeling of mothers as being the only ones responsible for the family’s process of change. In regard to the technique, the presence of fathers during sessions allows the therapist to see and address the issues concerning mother-father-infant during sessions.
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Madhoun, Lauren L., and Robert Dempster. "The Psychosocial Aspects of Feeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond." Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 4, no. 6 (December 26, 2019): 1507–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2019_persp-19-00097.
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Purpose Feeding challenges are common for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). While sufficient oral feeding is typically a goal during NICU admission, this can be a long and complicated process for both the infant and the family. Many of the stressors related to feeding persist long after hospital discharge, which results in the parents taking the primary role of navigating the infant's course to ensure continued feeding success. This is in addition to dealing with the psychological impact of having a child requiring increased medical attention and the need to continue to fulfill the demands at home. In this clinical focus article, we examine 3 main areas that impact psychosocial stress among parents with infants in the NICU and following discharge: parenting, feeding, and supports. Implications for speech-language pathologists working with these infants and their families are discussed. A case example is also included to describe the treatment course of an infant and her parents in the NICU and after graduation to demonstrate these points further. Conclusion Speech-language pathologists working with infants in the NICU and following hospital discharge must realize the family context and psychosocial considerations that impact feeding progression. Understanding these factors may improve parental engagement to more effectively tailor treatment approaches to meet the needs of the child and family.
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Vousoura, Eleni, and Chryssa Ekizoglou. "Does Bed Sharing with an Infant Influence Parents’ Sexual Life? A Scoping Review in Western Countries." Sexes 2, no. 4 (September 29, 2021): 406–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sexes2040032.
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Bed sharing—the sharing of a sleeping surface by parents and children—is a common, yet controversial, practice. While most research has focused on the public health aspect of this practice, much less is known regarding its effect on the marital relationship. The aim of the present study was to conduct a scoping review on the impact of parent–infant bed sharing sleeping practices on the sexual and marital relationship of couples. The qualitative synthesis of six studies on this topic suggests that overall, bed sharing does not exert a significant negative impact on family functioning; when it does, it appears to be related to incongruent parental beliefs and expectations, especially when bed sharing is not an intentional choice of sleep arrangement, and there are other confounding factors such as fatigue and psychological distress. Suggestions for future studies and clinical implications are discussed.
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Shorey, Shefaly, Thiam Chye Tan, Thilagamangai, Jancy Mathews, Chun Yan Yu, Siew Hoon Lim, Luming Shi, et al. "Development of a Supportive Parenting App to Improve Parent and Infant Outcomes in the Perinatal Period: Development Study." Journal of Medical Internet Research 23, no. 12 (December 24, 2021): e27033. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/27033.
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Background The transition to parenthood can be challenging, and parents are vulnerable to psychological disorders during the perinatal period. This may have adverse long-term consequences on a child’s development. Given the rise in technology and parents’ preferences for mobile health apps, a supportive mobile health intervention is optimal. However, there is a lack of a theoretical framework and technology-based perinatal educational intervention for couples with healthy infants. Objective The aim of this study is to describe the Supportive Parenting App (SPA) development procedure and highlight the challenges and lessons learned. Methods The SPA development procedure was guided by the information systems research framework, which emphasizes a nonlinear, iterative, and user-centered process involving 3 research cycles—the relevance cycle, design cycle, and rigor cycle. Treatment fidelity was ensured, and team cohesiveness was maintained using strategies from the Tuckman model of team development. Results In the relevance cycle, end-user requirements were identified through focus groups and interviews. In the rigor cycle, the user engagement pyramid and well-established theories (social cognitive theory proposed by Bandura and attachment theory proposed by Bowlby) were used to inform and justify the features of the artifact. In the design cycle, the admin portal was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, whereas the SPA, which ran on both iOS and Android, was developed using hybrid development tools. The SPA featured knowledge-based content, informational videos and audio clips, a discussion forum, chat groups, and a frequently asked questions and expert advice section. The intervention underwent iterative testing by a small group of new parents and research team members. Qualitative feedback was obtained for further app enhancements before official implementation. Testing revealed user and technological issues, such as web browser and app incompatibility, a lack of notifications for both administrators and users, and limited search engine capability. Conclusions The information systems research framework documented the technical details of the SPA but did not take into consideration the interpersonal and real-life challenges. Ineffective communication between the health care research team and the app developers, limited resources, and the COVID-19 pandemic were the main challenges faced during content development. Quick adaptability, team cohesion, and hindsight budgeting are crucial for intervention development. Although the effectiveness of the SPA in improving parental and infant outcomes is currently unknown, this detailed intervention development study highlights the key aspects that need to be considered for future app development.
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Hara, Akiko, Yasutomo Araki, Kenji Kawano, and Toru Kikawada. "Analysis of the Personality Diagnostic Test in Children with Severe Allergic Rhinitis." International Journal of Practical Otolaryngology 01, no. 01 (July 2018): e28-e33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1676531.
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AbstractPediatric allergic rhinitis is a disease characterized by paroxysmal sneezing, runny nose, and nasal obstruction. In addition, there can be mental/psychological problems, but these aspects have not been precisely clarified. We investigated the psychological characteristics of children with severe pediatric allergic rhinitis. The subjects were 40 children with drug-resistant severe pediatric allergic rhinitis. Personality diagnostic tests were conducted using the TS-type infant/child character diagnostic test method. Compared with normal children, children with severe allergic rhinitis had more emotional instability (i.e., lack of confidence in daily life and strained tension), a greater lack of self-control (i.e., outrageous anger induced by immature control of emotions and a lack of self-suppression), and more dependency (i.e., a lack of independence from parents and surrounding people, and a lack of desirable social development during childhood). Instability at home was also observed. These results suggested that severe allergic rhinitis affected mental and personality traits of children. Therefore, it might be important to take these mental/psychological problems into consideration while considering the medical treatment of these patients.
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Nikaiin, Behi Behrokh, Nahrida Nazir, Ambreen Mohammad, Tam Donnelly, Roqaia Ahmed Dorri, and Nish Petal. "Contextual Factors Influencing Breastfeeding Practices Among Arab Women in the State of Qatar." Qualitative Sociology Review 9, no. 3 (July 31, 2013): 74–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.9.3.05.
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Breastfeeding is an important source of nutrition and sustenance for infants and toddlers, and has also been linked to several aspects of emotional, physiological, and psychological developments. Benefits of breastfeeding include lower morbidity and mortality rates in infants, appropriate nutrition for early physiological development, and improved immune system development. Some studies also suggest it may enhance cognitive development and reduce the risk of diabetes. These health benefits positively influence the physiological status of the infant throughout his or her early childhood and adolescence. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that breastfeeding be initiated immediately following birth and continued until the infant is at least 6 months of age. However, according to the UNICEF report, between 2000-2007 in Qatar, only 12% of babies under 6 months were exclusively breastfed. Funded by the QNRP (Qatar Undergraduate Research Experience Program), the goal of this exploratory qualitative study was to find ways to effectively promote breastfeeding practices among Qatari women by investigating factors affecting the ways in which Qatari women (national and nonnational Arab women) make decisions to engage in breastfeeding practices and their overall knowledge of breastfeeding. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 32 Arab mothers as research participants and individual in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant. Results showed that professional support from doctors and nurses, social support from parents and spouse, cultural and religious values, economic ability work restrictions, time, as well as availability of help and care at home, personal challenges, such as perceptions of pain, body image, and body changes, were some of the major factors in making decisions to breastfeed or not.
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Garten, Lars, and Kerstin von der von der Hude. "Palliative Care in the Delivery Room: Challenges and Recommendations." Children 10, no. 1 (December 21, 2022): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10010015.
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Palliative care in the delivery room is an interprofessional and interdisciplinary challenge addressing the dying newborn and parents as well as the caregivers. It differs in some significant aspects from palliative care in the neonatal intensive care unit. Clinical experience suggests that many details regarding this unique specialized palliative care environment are not well known, which may result in some degree of insecurity and emotional distress for health care providers. This article presents basic background information regarding the provision of palliative care to newborns within the delivery room. It offers orientation along with a preliminary set of practical recommendations regarding the following central issues: (i) the basic elements of perinatal palliative care, (ii) the range of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions available for infant symptom control near the end of life, (iii) meeting the personal psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of the parents, and (iv) care and self-care for medical personnel.
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McGettigan, Marie C., Jay S. Greenspan, Michael J. Antunes, David I. Greenspan, and S. David Rubenstein. "Psychological Aspects of Parenting Critically Ill Neonates." Clinical Pediatrics 33, no. 2 (February 1994): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000992289403300203.
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This study was designed to objectively examine depression and distress levels in parents of ill versus parents of healthy neonates by utilizing two well-validated questionnaires, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Kellner Symptom Questionnaire (KSQ). In addition, morbidity of infants was assessed by the Minde-Whitelaw Neonatal Morbidity Scale, and parents completed a socioeconomic questionnaire. Analysis of mean BDI and KSQ scores revealed significant differences between parents of ill neonates and parents of healthy neonates in BDI, total KSQ scores, KSQ anxiety, and depression scale scores. Within these groups, respondents whose scores fell into moderate to severe ranges of distress on either questionnaire were referred for counseling. The BDI and KSQ, can be tools for better understanding about distress levels in parents of ill and healthy neonates.
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De Frain, John D., Deanne K. Jakub, and Betty Lou Mendoza. "The Psychological Effects of Sudden Infant Death on Grandmothers and Grandfathers." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 24, no. 3 (May 1992): 165–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/cbxp-uqfv-jdyt-2d6q.
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) affects perhaps 8,000 to 10,000 families in the United States each year. Earlier research has indicated that this sudden, unexplainable death of an infant greatly affects the parents of the baby. This study examines the psychological and social impact of SIDS on eighty grandmothers and grandfathers. It is clear from both a statistical, quantitative perspective, and from a more laborious content analysis of their qualitative responses to a survey instrument, that SIDS for most grandparents is a “devastating” experience. Common feelings expressed include: disbelief, anger, guilt, anxiety, depression, concern for their bereaved adult children and surviving siblings, exhaustion, and bitterness. Four percent of the grandparents considered suicide in the aftermath of the death. The findings suggest that almost every aspect of their lives are affected.
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Kapustina, Valeria A. "Socio-psychological Aspects of Adolescent Socialization in Lone-parent and Two-parent Families." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 233 (October 2016): 78–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.10.138.
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HAZINSKI, TOM. "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Medical Aspects and Psychological Management." Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 144, no. 5 (May 1, 1990): 552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150290046024.
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Ward, Sally L. Davidson. "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Medical Aspects and Psychological Management." JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 263, no. 2 (January 12, 1990): 311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1990.03440020157053.
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Wan, Ming Wai, Jonathan Green, and Jordan Scott. "A systematic review of parent–infant interaction in infants at risk of autism." Autism 23, no. 4 (July 11, 2018): 811–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361318777484.
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Social communicative precursors to autism spectrum disorder may influence how infants who are later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder interact with their social partners and the responses they receive, thus bidirectionally influencing early social experience. This systematic review aimed to identify a developmental timeline for parent–infant interaction in the first 2 years of life in at-risk infants and in emergent autism spectrum disorder, and to examine any parent–infant interaction associations with later social-communicative outcomes. In total, 15 studies were identified investigating parent–infant interaction in infants at familial autism risk (i.e. with an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder). Starting from the latter part of the first year, infants at risk of autism spectrum disorder (and particularly infants with eventual autism spectrum disorder) showed parent–infant interaction differences from those with no eventual autism spectrum disorder, most notably in infant gesture use and dyadic qualities. While parental interactions did not differ by subsequent child autism spectrum disorder outcome, at-risk infants may receive different ‘compensatory’ socio-communicative inputs, and further work is needed to clarify their effects. Preliminary evidence links aspects of parent–infant interaction with later language outcomes. We discuss the potential role of parent–infant interaction in early parent-mediated intervention.
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Setterberg, S. E., E. Nissen, W. Jonas, and M. Niemi. "Perinatal Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Effects of a MBCP Intervention on Mother-infant Interaction." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S30—S31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.149.
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IntroductionTransition into parenthood is a demanding phase in life and exposes the becoming parents to vulnerability for depression, anxiety and stress. Perinatal mental health problems are a major public health issue and many women suffering from depression during their first year after delivery. High levels of stress during pregnancy are associated with adverse psychological and physiological outcomes for the infant and parents. There seems to be an intergenerational transmission of mental health from parent to infant. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention during pregnancy in reducing depression symptoms, anxiety and perceived stress in parents-to-be.ObjectivesAssess whether the mindfulness will improve interaction between mother-infant at 12 months.MethodsPerceived stress scale and Edinburgh postnatal depression scale used to measure stress and depression during pregnancy. Parent child early relational assessment assessed mother-infant interaction.ResultsInhibited parent-infant relationships were more common in the control group comparing to the mindfulness intervention group. This is in line with previous research on periantal depression, anxiety, and stress, showing more dysfunctional dyads. A depressed mother has reduced capability to be alert to her baby's signals, which is necessary for appropriate parent-infant relationship to occur. The cumulative effect of impaired parent-infant relationship is a “depressed dyad” of mother and infant.ConclusionMindfulness intervention reduced depressive symptoms, anxiety, and perceived stress in pregnant women. At 12 months mother-infant relationship assessment, the mindfulness intervention group dyads showed a more attuned mother-infant interaction.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Kehl, Selina M., Pearl La Marca-Ghaemmaghami, Marina Haller, Elisabeth Pichler-Stachl, Hans Ulrich Bucher, Dirk Bassler, and Friederike B. Haslbeck. "Creative Music Therapy with Premature Infants and Their Parents: A Mixed-Method Pilot Study on Parents’ Anxiety, Stress and Depressive Symptoms and Parent–Infant Attachment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1 (December 31, 2020): 265. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010265.
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Premature birth is stressful for infants and parents and can adversely affect the parent–infant dyad. This mixed-methods pilot study evaluates whether creative music therapy (CMT) can alleviate anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms in parents and support the bonding process with their infant. Sixteen parent couples were included. Ten couples were randomly allocated to the music therapy group (MTG) and six to the control group (CG). All couples completed psychological questionnaires measuring anxiety and depressive symptoms as well as an implicit measure of parent–infant attachment at two weeks postpartum (T1), at approximate neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) hospitalization halftime (T2), and two weeks after the infant had been discharged (T3). At T1 and T2, the parents additionally completed a questionnaire assessing the degree of stress they experienced at the NICU. Qualitative data were collected through a semi-structured, problem-centered interview with MTG parents at T3. The results of the quantitative analyses revealed reductions in anxiety levels from T1 to T2 (p = 0.002) as well as decreases in depressive symptoms from T2 to T3 (p = 0.022). No such changes were apparent in the CG. In fact, parental stress increased from T1 to T2 (p = 0.016). Significant increases in attachment across time were also observed within the MTG, but not in the CG. The qualitative inquiry confirmed that CMT can support the parent–infant relationship. Being in musical interaction evoked feelings of joy and relaxation in the parents and encouraged them to interact more profoundly with their infant. The results call for a more extensive powered follow-up study to further investigate CMT’s potential for parental well-being and parent–infant bonding.
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Avdi, Evrinomy, Keren Amiran, Tessa Baradon, Carol Broughton, Michelle Sleed, Rose Spencer, and Dana Shai. "Studying the process of psychoanalytic parent–infant psychotherapy: Embodied and discursive aspects." Infant Mental Health Journal 41, no. 5 (September 2020): 589–602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21888.
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Itskovich, Galina. "Infant and Parent Mental Health: developmental trajectory as a communal concern." Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal 1, no. 1 (March 3, 2019): 29–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.32437/mhgcj.v1i1.14.
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This article covers recent research in the field in the context of lifelong growth and mastering developmental milestones. It denotes intrinsic connection between parental and child’s psychological well being, including patterns of early attachment. There is also well documented connection between deviations in early attachment and consequent adult functioning. “The bigger picture” approach based on the DIR method is proposed as one of the crucial components of mitigating early trauma. It includes comprehensive multidisciplinary diagnosis, parent education and play interventions based on immediate interests, needs and resources of the family. It targets all areas of development and builds foundation for the emergence and maintenance of healthy attachment. Other successful approaches, implications for clinical work and social organization of early intervention services are also discussed.
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Rochmah, Nur, Muhammad Faizi, Irwina Rahma Andriani, and Soraya Salle Pasulu. "Case Report: Medical Aspect, Growth, and Quality of Life in Children with 46,XX Testicular Disorder of Sex Development (DSD)." Folia Medica Indonesiana 54, no. 3 (October 12, 2018): 228. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/fmi.v54i3.10021.
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46,XX testicular disorder of sexual development (DSD) is characterized by male phenotype with 46,XX karyotype. The incidence rate is 1:25,000 in male newborn. Infants with ambiguous external genitals will be confronted with issue of gender assigment and may result in a stressful condition in the parents. Since gender assignment is inevitable, several factors should be considered in DSD management. The management approach for children born with DSD is individualized and multidisciplinary. Gender assignment aims to facilitate the patient to obtain the best quality of life. Adaptation of children with 46,XX testicular DSD as a determinant of quality of life is also influenced by psychological and family conditions. The purpose of this report was to observe medical growth and development aspects of the child with 46,XX terticular DSD as indicated by the aspects of growth and development, and health related quality of life, as well as the influential aspects. PA, 18 months, was diagnosed with 46,XX testicular DSD. The patient routinely visited to endocrinology clinic, urologic surgery, and child psychiatry clinic from the age of 6 months. The parents decided to raise patient as male. The patient had undergone surgery for hypospadias correction, hormone injections, child growth monitoring, and psychological monitoring (medical records of Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya in 2015). Management should consider individual and multidiciplinary accompaniment of the patient and parents, the importance of group support, and follow-up to adulthood, as well as possible longterm outcomes that will occur in the future so that the patients and the parents need to be prepared.
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Ben-Zion, Hamutal, Ella Volkovich, Gal Meiri, and Liat Tikotzky. "Mother–Infant Sleep and Maternal Emotional Distress in Solo-Mother and Two-Parent Families." Journal of Pediatric Psychology 45, no. 2 (January 10, 2020): 181–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsz097.
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Abstract Objective This study examined for the first time mother–infant sleep and emotional distress in solo mother families compared with two-parent families and explored whether the links between mother–infant sleep and maternal emotional distress differ as a function of family structure. Methods Thirty-nine solo-mother families and 39 two-parent families, with an infant within the age range of 6–18 months participated in the study. Actigraphy and sleep diaries were used to assess maternal and infant sleep at home. Mothers completed questionnaires to assess maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms, social support, sleeping arrangements, breastfeeding, and demographics. Results Solo mothers were older and more likely to breastfeed and share a bed with their infants than married mothers. There were no significant differences between the groups in mother–infant sleep and maternal emotional distress, while controlling for maternal age, breastfeeding, and sleeping arrangements. Family structure had a moderating effect on the associations between maternal emotional distress and mother–infant sleep. Only in solo-mother families, higher maternal emotional distress was associated with lower maternal and infant sleep quality. Conclusions Our findings suggest that, although there are no significant differences in maternal and infant sleep between solo-mother families and two-parent families, the strength of the associations between maternal emotional distress and both infant and maternal sleep quality are stronger in solo-mother families, compared with two-parent families. Hopefully, understanding which aspects of parenting may contribute to the development of sleep problems in solo-mother families could be helpful in tailoring interventions to this growing population.
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Nichols, Virginia G., and Diana W. Bianchi. "Prenatal Pediatrics: Traditional Specialty Definitions No Longer Apply." Pediatrics 97, no. 5 (May 1, 1996): 729–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.97.5.729.
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These four cases illustrate different aspects of the impact of prenatal sonography on the practice of newborn medicine. The themes illustrated by these cases are summarized below. Diagnostic Sensitivity Prenatal sonographic diagnosis is not a precise science. The technical and cognitive limitations of this developing technology demand an appreciation of the distinction between identification and diagnosis. Although the sensitivity of the technology for detecting fetal abnormalities is quite good in many settings, the "total picture" is not always apparent in utero. This is not to deny the clinical benefit of identifying a fetus likely to require specialized postnatal care even if a precise diagnosis cannot be made, but to emphasize the difficulty of counseling a woman contemplating pregnancy termination when the underlying syndromic diagnosis for an affected fetus is not technically possible before birth. Furthermore, the sensitivity of fetal ultrasound examination appears to vary by site and type of obstetric service. The Helsinki study demonstrated a far greater ascertainment rate for fetal abnormalities in an academic practice dedicated to the provision of high-risk services when compared with a community setting,9 and the multisite RADIUS study demonstrated a low detection rate for fetal abnormalities.10 Case 1 demonstrates that while the sensitivity of sonography for a specific anatomic abnormality may be great, the comprehensive diagnosis can still be missed. In this case, the antenatal detection of a cardiac malformation triggered a postnatal echocardiogram within the first hour after birth and prompted prostaglandin infusion. Work-up and treatment of the cardiac disease would not have been the first priority had the likelihood of a lethal chromosomal abnormality been appreciated by the admitting team, who were significantly influenced by the antenatal diagnosis of structural heart disease. Case 2 demonstrates the confusion that can be generated when an anatomic sonographic finding becomes a diagnosis without full appreciation of important details. In this case, the subtle but important prognostic difference between a hypoplastic left ventricle and a single ventricle with left ventricular morphology made an enormous difference in the predicted outcome for the infant. In both cases 1 and 4, neonatal demise occurred but autopsy permission was denied. The absence of autopsy limits the opportunity to correlate prenatal and postnatal findings. The importance of autopsy consent should be emphasized to all involved in the perinatal care of fetuses and infants with anomalies. Postnatal Interpretation of Prenatal Findings The interpretation of what appear to be fetal abnormalities is often not an entirely straightforward process. The technical capabilities of fetal sonography have resulted in the discovery of a new natural history for a number of conditions that may be variants of normal fetal development, or are of minor clinical significance in childhood. Examples include hydronephrosis and choroid plexus cysts. Pediatricians cians are left to sort out which of these conditions require postnatal confirmation, which require follow-up surveillance, and which can be ignored. The antenatal detection of conditions that are normally detected later in infancy or childhood or remain undetected due to lack of clinical symptoms can also create serious therapeutic dilemmas. For example, adrenal masses consistent with neuroblastoma can now be detected prenatally. In one study, 11 patients with prenatally diagnosed neuroblastoma had surgical resection of the tumor. In 7 of these cases, histologic studies were consistent with neuroblastoma in situ.11 The natural history of neuroblastoma in situ includes spontaneous regression. Thus, one might question whether surgical resection is truly warranted. Yet, how many parents, knowing that their fetus has an adrenal tumor, are comfortable with conservative care when surgical removal is an option at birth? Case 3 demonstrates that prenatal diagnosis can be a double-edged sword, in that infants who are clinically well at birth can undergo extensive diagnostic testing in an attempt to elucidate prenatal findings that may no longer be relevant clinically. For example, one of the infants in Case 3 was labeled as "abnormal," and normal newborn management, including feeding, was delayed. The other twin underwent a cardiac work-up in the setting of a normal physical examination with no heart murmur. The adverse psychological effects of this "labeling" for parents and subsequent care of the child or children are unexplored. The implications of such labeling for insurance purposes have also not been addressed. Coordination of Multidisciplinary Services: Prenatal and Postnatal Care Optimal management of prenatal patients requires clinicians who are able to cross traditional subspecialty definitions to work as a multidisciplinary team.12-16 Unless specific mechanisms for the transfer of prenatal records are devised, perinatologists, neonatologists and pediatricians can be unaware of important information, as they were in Case 4. Even within the same institution, breaches of communication can occur both between and within specialties, particularly when prenatal records are not centralized and available to all clinicians taking care of both the mother and the infant. Although neonatologists are more likely to have opportunities for face to face communication with obstetricians and perinatologists, general pediatricians must often rely on thirdhand information transcribed into the perinatal summaries in newborn charts to ascertain prenatal findings that may have implications for postnatal management. Prenatal diagnosis does not conclude with delivery or pregnancy termination. All these cases demonstrate the importance of coordinating prenatal and postnatal care. The logistical difficulty of this endeavor should not be underestimated. In a regionalized system of prenatal care, whereby pregnant women with suspected fetal abnormalities are referred from community sites into tertiary centers for diagnosis and delivery, then sent back to their primary care sites for follow-up, the window of opportunity for postnatal counseling can be very short. Karyotype results obtained at delivery or at pregnancy termination are rarely available before the mother leaves the tertiary center. The postnatal management of all cases described was complicated by transfer of both mothers and infants. In Cases 1 and 4, the infants died and the mothers' care was transferred back to the referring health care sites before chromosome results were available. The twins in Case 3 were transferred to a Level II nursery before assumption of care by their pediatrician, and the infant in Case 2 was transferred from the tertiary pennatal center to an adjacent children's hospital before discharge to the care of his pediatrician. Given the expected patient movement between tertiary site and referral center, mechanisms need to be created for improved communication between health care providers. In some cases, patients may need to return to tertiary centers for appropriate postnatal counseling and work-up if these cannot be provided at the referring health care site. Clinical Outcomes Research: The New Natural History of Malformations and Genetic Diseases The clinical outcomes for children with specific prenatal diagnoses have not been gathered into a comprehensive shared resource suitable for use by obstetricians, pediatricians, genetic counselors, pediatric subspecialists, and pediatric surgeons. In large part, this has resulted because data on functional outcomes in children with many of these conditions have not been collected systematically. In some important areas, pediatric surgical and medical therapies have advanced so rapidly that prognostic information is quickly outdated. For example, the prognosis for surgical repair of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome has dramatically improved, yet this information may not be readily available to all obstetricians performing sonography and counseling parents. In other diseases our understanding of the relationship between genotype and phenotype (information that can be a major factor in decisions regarding pregnancy termination) changes so quickly that prenatal counseling demands a sophisticated and cautious appreciation of the dynamic state of this field. Further complexity is introduced by the fact that prenatal diagnosis may in fact alter expected outcomes by permitting pediatricians to initiate therapy before symptoms appear. Infants whose duct-dependent cardiac malformations have been detected prenatally can be treated before they present with cyanosis and acidosis. Infants with unsuspected disease might be expected to present later as outpatients with more severe symptoms. In a similar fashion, infants with significant hydronephrosis detected prenatally can be treated with prophylactic antibiotics and urinary decompression, if necessary, while their undetected counterparts will be diagnosed only when they present as outpatients with urinary tract infections and diminution of renal function.
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Belinskaya, E. P., and E. M. Dubovskaya. "One-parent family as agent of socialization: interrelation of mother’s conception of child’s psychological well-being and her strategies of coping with difficulties." Social Psychology and Society 7, no. 3 (2016): 33–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/sps.2016070303.
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The article is devoted to the issue of psychological characteristics of one-parent families. The family, in which a child is brought by one parent, now is becoming an important independent object of socio-psychological research. According to authors’ opinion, the subject of importance is not only the specifics of individual psychologi- cal characteristics of single-parent families, but also the interaction of these impor- tant characteristics. The authors chose the following socio-psychological variables for investigation: the mother’s perception of psychological well-being of her child, the nature of her coping strategies and style of upbringing. The authors revealed a variety of social and psychological characteristics of single-parent families. Thus, the parent strategy of positive reformulation of problems is involved as a way to see the positive aspects of the situation in the family and the relationship with the child on case of the lack of consistency in style of education and lack of inhibitions; and active coping strategies — with a focus on promotion rather than punishment in the child's behavior regulation. This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project № 14-18-00598 «Patterns and mechanisms of positive socialization in modern children and teenagers».
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Student. "CHALLENGE TO A CHERISHED NOTION." Pediatrics 75, no. 6 (June 1, 1985): 1027. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.75.6.1027.
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What is startling about Jerome Kagan's book, The Nature of the Child, is its strong challenge to a number of beliefs about children that are so widely accepted—by parents, therapists and even some of Mr. Kagan's colleagues—that they are taken as givens. These include some treasured notions—the notions that a certain set of essential experiences in children's home life allows them to grow into healthy and happy adults, that the temperament of the infant foretells the character of the child, that the child's personality foreshadows the adult's and that the child's psychological traits are shaped by what happens between parent and child. It is not, Mr. Kagan argues, that the parent-child bond does not matter—just that the specifics of parenting are not so crucial to the child's future as parents would like to think. While some lay readers may be taken aback by Mr. Kagan's questioning of such golden tenets of modern parenthood, many therapists no doubt will be upset by his assault on some basic premises of their calling. Foremost among these is his attack on the notion that, as he puts it, "a mother's love for her infant is necessary for the child's future mental health," or, more technically, that a bond of secure attachment to a parent during the first three years of life leaves the child less vulnerable to later psychological disorders.
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Baba, Ayako. "HOW DOES PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AFFECT CARE? FOCUSING ON MOTHER-DAUGHTER CAREGIVING." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S895. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.3273.
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Abstract OBJECTIVE: Long-term caregiver (child)/care-recipient (parent) relationships have both positive and negative effects on care. However, the mechanism of that impact is unclear. This study aimed to explore how parent–child relationships affect care and which aspects cause those effects. METHOD: Five hundred thirty-four adult children who were caring for or had cared for their parents at home completed the scales of parent–child psychological independence, the acceptance of care, care attitude, and care burden. Data were analyzed using a pass analysis with multiple group structural equation modeling to identify the relationship between parent–child psychological independence, acceptance of care, care attitude, and care burden, and the care dyad difference of the models. RESULT: 1) “Reliable relationship with parent” in parent–child psychological independence affected “resignation” and “understanding actively” in acceptance of care. 2) “Psychological individuation from the parent” in parent–child independence affected all subscales of care attitudes. 3) “Resistance” and “understanding actively” in acceptance of care and “auto-pilot” in care attitude affected care burden. 4) In mother–daughter caregiving, “resistance” and “resignation” had stronger effects on “auto-pilot” whereas “utilization of resource” and “flexible response” in care attitude and “resistance” had weaker effects on care burden. CONCLUSION: The relationship between long-term parent–child relationship and care were revealed. In some points, daughters who were caring for or had cared for their mothers had a different model from other care dyads. These results suggest that child caregivers should be supported mentally in accordance to their difficult points and dyads.
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Kokkinaki, T., and G. Kugiumutzakis. "Basic aspects of vocal imitation in infant-parent interaction during the first 6 months." Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 18, no. 3 (August 2000): 173–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713683042.
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Miller, Arlene Michaels, JoEllen Wilbur, Andrew C. Montgomery, and Peggy Chandler. "Social Role Quality and Psychological Well Being." AAOHN Journal 46, no. 8 (August 1998): 371–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/216507999804600802.
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This study examined relationships among job, partner, and parent role quality and psychological well being in midlife black (n = 51) and white (n = 56) women employed in occupations varying by socioeconomic status (SES). Oversampling for black women ensured balanced occupational representation, allowing investigation uncontaminated by SES. Instruments included Baruch and Barnett's Rewards and Concerns Scales, Bradburn Affect Balance Scale, and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Better well being scores were reported by black women than whites, and by professionals than non-professionals. However, when race, occupational group, and menopausal status were held constant in a multiple regression analysis, partner role quality was significantly related to both well being scores, parent role quality was related to life satisfaction only, and job role quality was not related to either. Nurses in the workplace can help women identify problematic aspects of their multiple social roles, and facilitate resolution of problems to improve worker health.
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Cai, Qian, Hua Wang, Danqi Chen, Wenli Xu, Rui Yang, and Xinfen Xu. "Effect of family-centred care on parental mental health and parent–infant interactions for preterm infants: a systematic review protocol." BMJ Open 12, no. 10 (October 2022): e062004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062004.
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IntroductionUnexpected premature delivery and separation from preterm infants are common problems that parents of preterm infants must handle with. Parents of preterm infants may suffer from severe psychological distress. Family-centred care (FCC) can effectively ease parents’ psychological distress and strengthen connections between parents and their preterm infants. The purpose of this systematic review will be to systematically review and evaluate the impacts of FCC interventions on the mental health of parents of preterm infants and the parent–infant relationship.Methods and analysisThis protocol for this systematic review will be conducted in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Protocol. We will search databases including PubMed, Embase, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Scopus and ProQuest, CNKI, SinoMed and Wanfang Data from 1 July 2012 to 1 July 2022. An additional search of OpenGrey will be conducted to identify grey literature. Randomised controlled trials related to FCC inventions for preterm infants≤37 weeks’ gestational age and their parents will be included, and the outcome measures will be parental mental health and parent–infant interaction. Two reviewers will independently conduct title and abstract screening, full-text screening, data extraction and study quality assessment. Risk of bias for the studies will be evaluated using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias V.2.0. Any disagreements will be solved by a third reviewer to reach a consensus. If appropriate, a meta-analysis will be conducted to assess the effect of FCC on parental mental health and parent–infant relationship.Ethics and disseminationResearch ethics approval will not be required for this review since it will not involve the collection of primary data and will only use published literature. The results will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal through publication or by presentation at relevant academic conference.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42022299203.
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Selçuk, Şule, Zülal İşcanoğlu, Melike Sayıl, Nebi Sümer, and Sibel Kazak Berument. "Factors Influencing Children’s Appraisals of Interparental Conflict: The Role of Parent-Child Relationship Quality." Journal of Family Issues 41, no. 11 (March 13, 2020): 2022–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x20910765.
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The cognitive contextual model proposes that children’s appraisals of interparental conflict (IPC) can influence their adjustment. In addition, previous research revealed that interparental disputes may reflect on parent-child relationship that is linked with children’s self-blame and threat appraisals concerning IPC. However, there is a scarcity of research directly addressing the intervening role of the parent-child relationship on children’s appraisals of IPC. Thus, we investigated the mediating role of different aspects of the parent-child relationship (i.e., psychological control, warmth, and attachment security) in the link between IPC and self-blame and threat appraisals. Participants were 1,309 children, their mothers, and their fathers. SEM analyses indicated that higher IPC was related to higher parental psychological control and lower child attachment security, which in turn was associated with higher self-blame or threat appraisals. The pattern of relationships was similar across child and parent gender.
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Ferjan Ramírez, Naja, Sarah Roseberry Lytle, and Patricia K. Kuhl. "Parent coaching increases conversational turns and advances infant language development." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 7 (February 3, 2020): 3484–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921653117.
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Parental language input is one of the best predictors of children’s language achievement. Parentese, a near-universal speaking style distinguished by higher pitch, slower tempo, and exaggerated intonation, has been documented in speech directed toward young children in many countries. Previous research shows that the use of parentese and parent–child turn-taking are both associated with advances in children’s language learning. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether a parent coaching intervention delivered when the infants are 6, 10, and 14 mo of age can enhance parental language input and whether this, in turn, changes the trajectory of child language development between 6 and 18 mo of age. Families of typically developing 6-mo-old infants (n = 71) were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. Naturalistic first-person audio recordings of the infants’ home language environment and vocalizations were recorded when the infants were 6, 10, 14, and 18 mo of age. After the 6-, 10-, and 14-mo recordings, intervention, but not control parents attended individual coaching appointments to receive linguistic feedback, listen to language input in their own recordings, and discuss age-appropriate activities that promote language growth. Intervention significantly enhanced parental use of parentese and parent–child turn-taking between 6 and 18 mo. Increases in both variables were significantly correlated with children’s language growth during the same period, and children’s language outcomes at 18 mo. Using parentese, a socially and linguistically enhanced speaking style, improves children’s social language turn-taking and language skills. Research-based interventions targeting social aspects of parent–child interactions can enhance language outcomes.
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Weisskirch, Robert S. "Aspects of Parenting and the Well-Being of Emerging Adult Language Brokers." Journal of Mental Health Counseling 40, no. 4 (October 1, 2018): 286–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.17744/mehc.40.4.02.
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The outcomes of language brokering may be shaped by parents and parent–child interactions for language brokers into emerging adulthood. For emerging adults, past parenting may differ by frequency of language brokering and contribute to brokers' well-being. In this study, 2,473 emerging adults (female = 1,719, male = 746, did not indicate = 8) with two foreign-born parents completed measures of language-brokering frequency, parenting, and well-being. Frequent language brokers reported lower levels of paternal nurturance, paternal connection, maternal nurturance, and maternal connection, and higher levels of maternal disrespect, in comparison to non-brokers. Infrequent language brokers reported lower levels of paternal connection, maternal nurturance, and maternal connection, and higher levels of paternal disrespect, paternal psychological control, maternal disrespect, and maternal psychological control, in comparison to non-brokers. Frequent language brokers indicated higher levels of depressive symptoms in comparison to non-brokers. The combination of frequent language brokering, paternal psychological control, and maternal psychological control were predictive of depressive symptoms. Frequent language brokering, female gender, paternal disrespect, paternal psychological control, and maternal psychological control were predictive of anxiety symptoms. Language brokering did not predict overall psychological well-being.
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GOLDWORTH, AMNON. "The Persistence of Physician–Parent Conflicts." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 19, no. 4 (August 18, 2010): 563–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180110000526.
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In 1985, after a long university career teaching philosophy and humanities, in which my only serious worries over the years were centered on such things as getting promoted, course preparations, and faculty affairs, I found myself confronted, as a medical ethics committee member, with a life and death issue. It concerned the care of an infant suffering from posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, for which there appeared to be no permanently effective treatment. The parents refused to consider the discontinuing of aggressive care even though this prolonged the suffering of their child. This standoff continued for 5 months, until the parents decided that it was God’s wish that aggressive treatment cease.
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Pavlova, Anna V., and Elena V. Slavutskaya. "COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHILD-PARENT RELATIONS IN FULL AND INCOMPLETE FAMILIES WITH PRESCHOOLERS." Russian Journal of Education and Psychology 13, no. 6 (December 20, 2022): 120–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2658-4034-2022-13-6-120-134.
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Currently, the range of research related to the specifics of child-parent relations is constantly expanding and deepening, which, of course, is associated with an increasing understanding in society of the most important importance of the family as a social institution. Therefore, the study of the relationship between satisfaction with marriage and child-parent relations in families with older preschoolers remains an urgent topic for psychological and pedagogical research.
The article presents the results of studying mothers of preschoolers to different aspects of family life using the PARI method (E.S. Schaefer and R.K. Bell). Full and incomplete families were examined. The authors identified the features and differences in the structure of child-parent relations in full and incomplete families. Also, there are differences in the structure of child-parent relations in families with preschoolers 3-5 years old and in families with preschoolers 6-7 years old. The data obtained make it possible to develop a system of trainings and programs for working with parents who have insufficiently optimal child-parent contact and to track changes in child-parent relations after psychological and pedagogical influence (trainings, seminars, master classes, personal consultations).
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HASHEM, F. K., and M. M. AL-QATTAN. "A Unique Case of Total Foot-To-Hand Transfer in an Infant with Monodactyly." Journal of Hand Surgery 30, no. 4 (August 2005): 343–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsb.2005.04.012.
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A unique case of total foot-to-hand transfer, including the calcaneus, in an 8 month-old infant with monodactyly is described. Several technical and psychological aspects of the case are also discussed.
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Hadfield, Holly, Suzanne Glendenning, Penny Bee, and Anja Wittkowski. "Psychological Therapy for Postnatal Depression in UK Primary Care Mental Health Services: A Qualitative Investigation Using Framework Analysis." Journal of Child and Family Studies 28, no. 12 (September 10, 2019): 3519–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01535-0.
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Abstract Objectives Postnatal depression (PND) can have negative consequences for mother and infant. Current psychological therapies are effective in treating depression but improvements in mother-infant outcomes have not yet been established. We aimed to capture mothers’ experiences of therapy for PND with a focus on parenting-related outcomes. We also sought their views on including parenting support within interventions. Methods Fourteen mothers who received psychological therapy in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded and analysed using Framework Analysis. Results Three main themes were identified: ‘The experience of therapy’, ‘Therapy outcomes’ and ‘Views about parenting interventions for postnatal depression’. The main themes were underpinned by other themes. Overall the findings revealed that mothers perceived therapy as helpful in improving mood, confidence as a parent and relationship with their infant. Mothers valued the process of normalising their experiences within group therapy and by their therapists because it reduced any shame and stigma associated with PND. Mothers thought parenting support within therapy would be acceptable if delivered collaboratively. Conclusions Primary care-based psychological therapy for PND was perceived as helpful and acceptable. It clearly met some of the mothers’ goals, especially if their beliefs about being a ‘bad mother’ was challenged and modified. Barriers to engagement, such as childcare issues and therapist’s knowledge about perinatal mental health, would also need to be overcome. Finally, mother-infant interventions should be further explored as an adjunct treatment option.
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Mishina, Marina M., and Ksenia A. Vorobyeva. "SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE TEACHER’S WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC." RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. Series Psychology. Pedagogics. Education, no. 4 (2021): 117–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2073-6398-2021-4-117-129.
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The study of the socio-psychological aspects of the teacher’s work during the pandemic is presented in the article. The specifics of the situation that arose in society during the pandemic period require studying the psychological characteristics of the relationship between the management style of the head of teachers of a preschool educational organization with the personal characteristics of employees and the sociopsychological climate. The relevance of the analysis of the management style of a preschool educational organization during the pandemic is caused by the attention of the parent community to the high-quality educational process carried out in preschool educational organizations. The article presents the results of a study of the teacher’s personal characteristics in the context of the introduction of innovative work forms during the pandemic, taking into account the principles and model of federal educational standards of preschool education. The factors affecting the psychological climate in the team are described. The results of the level of satisfaction with their work before and after conducting psychological training with employees of an educational institution are presented. Psychological and pedagogical recommendations are given for creating an optimal climate and atmosphere of psychological security during the modernization of the educational system and the transition to alternative forms of education associated with the unique situation of a pandemic and self-isolation.
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Semenova, L. E., T. A. Serebriakova, and Yu E. Garahinа. "PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND PARENTING EXPERIENCES OF MOTHERS FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAMILIES." Vestnik of Minin University 6, no. 2 (July 14, 2018): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.26795/2307-1281-2018-6-2-15.
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Introduction: This article is devoted to the problem of personal experience of motherhood of young women from full and incomplete families in the context of their subjective experience of psychological well-being. Some approaches to the study of the phenomenon of psychological wellbeing in modern psychology, as well as the importance of this phenomenon for the implementation of maternal functions are considered. The authors substantiate the importance and relevance of more detailed development of the problem of interconnection of features of manifestation of psychological well-being of young mothers from full and incomplete families and the degree of adoption of parental position.Materials and Methods: The authors conducted a comparative analysis of general and fundamental components of psychological well-being of young mothers from the full and incomplete families, and also the degree of acceptance of their informative aspects of the parental position. The nature of the relationship between psychological well-being and the parent position of married women-mothers and single-parent mothers is determined.Results:The research suggest that single-parent mothers unlike married mothers have lower indices both in most of the main components and the total level of psychological well-being, that allows to consider the mothers from full families to be psychologically wealthier than single-parent mothers on the one hand and on the other hand their acceptance of parental position is stronger than singleparent mothers’ position. The positive nature of the relationship between the level of psychological well-being and the degree of adoption of parental position with married women-mothers as well as the less unambiguous nature of such a relationship withsingle-parent mothers are ascertained.Discussion and Conclusions: According to the results of the study, the authors have proved the influence of the marital status of young mothers (married / unmarried) on the subjective experience of their psychological well-being and on the degree of acceptance of their parental position, as well as the presence of some specificity of statistically significant correlation relationships with mothers from full and incomplete families
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Ghetti, Claire, Łucja Bieleninik, Mari Hysing, Ingrid Kvestad, Jörg Assmus, Renee Romeo, Mark Ettenberger, et al. "Longitudinal Study of music Therapy’s Effectiveness for Premature infants and their caregivers (LongSTEP): protocol for an international randomised trial." BMJ Open 9, no. 8 (August 2019): e025062. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025062.
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IntroductionPreterm birth has major medical, psychological and socioeconomic consequences worldwide. Music therapy (MT) has positive effects on physiological measures of preterm infants and maternal anxiety, but rigorous studies including long-term follow-up are missing. Drawing on caregivers’ inherent resources, this study emphasises caregiver involvement in MT to promote attuned, developmentally appropriate musical interactions that may be of mutual benefit to infant and parent. This study will determine whether MT, as delivered by a qualified music therapist during neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) hospitalisation and/or in home/municipal settings following discharge, is superior to standard care in improving bonding between primary caregivers and preterm infants, parent well-being and infant development.Methods and analysisDesign:international multicentre, assessor-blind, 2×2 factorial, pragmatic randomised controlled trial; informed by a completed feasibility study.Participants:250 preterm infants and their parents.Intervention:MT focusing on parental singing specifically tailored to infant responses, will be delivered during NICU and/or during a postdischarge 6-month period.Primary outcome:changes in mother–infant bonding at 6-month corrected age (CA), as measured by the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire.Secondary outcomes: mother–infant bonding at discharge and at 12-month CA; child development over 24 months; and parental depression, anxiety and stress, and infant rehospitalisation, all over 12 months.Ethics and disseminationThe Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics approved the study (2018/994/REK Nord, 03 July 2018). Service users were involved in development of the study and will be involved in implementation and dissemination. Dissemination of findings will apply to local, national and international levels.Trial registration numberNCT03564184
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Samochis, L., S. Lazar, B. Andreica, and F. Iftene. "P01-341-Socialization aspects in children with stuttering." European Psychiatry 26, S2 (March 2011): 343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72052-1.
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Stuttering, as a communication disorder, is a field of great interest, with many hypothesis regarding its nature and appropriate treatment. Many studies tried to emphasize the bond between stuttering and anxiety. Frequently, stuttering is associated with strong emotional reaction, as anxiety, emphasized by negative consequences of “not being able to talk accurately”. This turns in avoidance of speak and social problems as school difficulties.The aim of this study is anxiety evaluation in children with stuttering through specialized psychological intervention.We applied MASC (Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children) and CDI (Child Depression Inventory) to 20 children diagnosed with stuttering, aged 6–16, from Cluj -Napoca, both at the beginning and at the end of the study. Psychological intervention consisted of two evaluation sessions (one with the parent and one with the child) and ten group sessions (psychodrama and cognitive-behavioral techniques).The results showed a significant decrease of anxiety (p < 0.05), and no difference in depression symptoms (for statistical data we used SPSS 16.0 Program).
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Rushton, Alan, Barbara Maughan, Margaret Grant, and Rukmen Sehmi. "Infant domestic adoptions followed up to adulthood: considerations with reference to British birth cohort data." Adoption & Fostering 44, no. 4 (December 2020): 334–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308575920968237.
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Studies of adult outcomes of infant domestic adoptions are considered: the range of psychological and behavioural outcomes recorded, the current state of knowledge summarised and the importance of the chosen comparison groups discussed. The social context of infant adoptions is described. Findings from our follow-ups of British infant adoptions in the post-World War 11 period are then briefly reported and set alongside the previous studies. In these follow-ups, infant adopted children were tracked up to mid-life and compared with others born in similar circumstances and with those raised in two-parent families. We summarise findings on the long-term influence of factors in the prenatal period and in the adoptive home environment. We discuss how rearing in adoptive homes may provide protective effects in relation to internalising problems, but may not be as protective in relation to externalising outcomes. Implications for adoption policy and practice are drawn out.
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Reid, Vincent M., and Kirsty Dunn. "The Fetal Origins of Human Psychological Development." Current Directions in Psychological Science 30, no. 2 (March 29, 2021): 144–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963721420984419.
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The human fetus holds the key to unlocking the initial origins and predispositions of all aspects of human psychological development. Despite this, difficulties related to experimentally manipulating the behavior of the fetus to assess capacities have sidelined the fetus within the developmental sciences. Instead, the focus has been on the human infant. With new developments in the fields of obstetrics, medical physics, and psychology, the methodological constraints surrounding research on the human fetus are now reduced. We highlight new approaches and indicate possible new directions in the understanding of the cognitive and perceptual capacities of the human fetus.
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Nabaweesi, Rosemary, Leanne Whiteside-Mansell, Samantha H. Mullins, Mallikarjuna R. Rettiganti, and Mary E. Aitken. "Field assessment of a safe sleep instrument using smartphone technology." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 4, no. 5 (December 19, 2019): 451–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2019.446.
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AbstractIntroduction:Sudden unexpected infant death is the leading cause of infant mortality with black: white infant mortality remaining at 2:1 for the last decade. Smartphone technology provides a convenient and accessible tool for injury prevention anticipatory guidance among at-risk communities.Materials and Methods:A convenience sample of pregnant teen mothers who own a smartphone. During a 1-month postnatal home visit, a safe sleep environment survey was administered, infant sleep practices were observed, and mothers trained to take and submit standard infants’ sleep environment photographs. Photographs were independently assessed for inter-rater reliability (IRR) across five sleep safety domains (primary outcome): sleep location, surface, position, presence of soft items, and hazards near the sleep area. Expert and novice coders IRR was measured using Cohen’s kappa coefficient (K). Sleep safety correlation between photographs and observation, and parent report and observation was determined.Results:Sixteen (57.1%) mothers completed the home visit. Most parents reported infants sleeping supine (78.5) in parents’ bedroom (85.9%). Photographs demonstrated sleep position, soft items without the baby present, and hanging toys had perfect agreement across all three coder pairs. Safe sleep experts’ IRR demonstrated perfect agreement for sleep location, position, and soft items. While 83.8% of parents were observed putting their infants down to sleep on their back, 78.5% of parents reported doing the same and 82.4% of the photographs demonstrated supine infant sleep position.Conclusion:Using photographs, coders can reliably categorize some key infant sleep safety aspects, and photograph sleep safety is comparable to parent report and direct observation.
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Loewenstein, Kristy. "Parent Psychological Distress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Within the Context of the Social Ecological Model: A Scoping Review." Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 24, no. 6 (March 26, 2018): 495–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078390318765205.
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BACKGROUND: Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents are at risk for psychological distress and impaired mental health, and statistics related to parent psychological distress vary. OBJECTIVE: To determine the scope of literature regarding the mental health and psychosocial well-being of parents in the NICU. DESIGN: A scoping review within the Arksey and O’Malley framework and the SEM was undertaken to answer, “What factors contribute to parent’s mental health in the NICU?” A systematic review of the literature was performed using the PRISMA methodology. RESULTS: Common socioeconomic factors and infant and parent characteristics may place parents at a greater risk for developing distress. History of mental illness, family cohesion, birth trauma, altered parenting role, gestational age, birth weight, and severity of prematurity/illness emerged as themes. CONCLUSION: Further research is required to provide a standard for the screening and assessment of parents’ mental health and psychosocial well-being during a NICU hospitalization. The experiences of nonbirth parents in the NICU should be explored to examine the effects of the hospitalization on all types of parents.
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Gagliano, Antonella, Marco Lamberti, Rosamaria Siracusano, Massimo Ciuffo, Maria Boncoddo, Roberta Maggio, Simona Rosina, Clemente Cedro, and Eva Germanò. "A Comparison between Children with ADHD and Children with Epilepsy in Self-Esteem and Parental Stress Level." Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health 10, no. 1 (December 24, 2014): 176–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901410010176.
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is frequently associated with negative psychological outcomes. This study explores the relationship between self-esteem, ADHD symptoms and parental stress. It compares children with ADHD, children with epilepsy (E) and typical developmental controls (TD). Participants included 65 children (aged 9-12 yrs) and their parents. The assessment was conducted by Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale (MSCS), Parent Stress Index (PSI) and Conners' Parent Rating Scales–Revised. Significant differences were found in Social, Competence and Academic areas of self-esteem between children with ADHD, with E and TD. Moreover, parents of children with ADHD showed a higher overall stress than both other groups. In conclusion, it seems important to evaluate the psychological aspects of ADHD con-dition, both in children and in parents, in order to suggest an individual multimodal treatment.
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Farrakhov, A. Z., E. G. Ignashina, M. M. Sadykov, and E. P. Zubova. "Experience of the Republic of Tatarstan in the implementation of early intervention model to support infants with developmental disorders and disabilities." Kazan medical journal 95, no. 5 (October 15, 2014): 697–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/kmj2218.
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Aim. To evaluate the effectiveness of implementing the program of early intervention in the Republic of Tatarstan, which provides medical and psycho-pedagogical support of infants with developmental disorders and disabilities. Methods. The following methods were used: analytical, expert, comparative and systematic approach. Results. Gained results indicate the high efficiency of new forms and approaches for supporting infants with diseases and developmental disabilities with a focus on early intervention techniques in a background of phased health care. The advantages of an embedded algorithm of prenatal diagnosis of development disorders in children, as well as neonatal screening for hereditary pathology of infants, audiologic and electrocardiographic screenings of newborns, are shown, allowing timely diagnosis and early correction of disorders, including high-tech methods use. The positive trends of the performance of early intervention offices in children’s’ outpatient departments are stressed, resulting in infants harmonious and optimal neuro-psychological development and improvement of their quality of life. The positive aspects of children’s rehabilitation institutions of social security system activities are highlighted, which include the use of modern technologies of medical and social rehabilitation. The positive changes of disability rate for many nosologic forms, mortality, as well as the number of cases of abandoned newborns, were registered. Conclusion. Implementing the program of early intervention provides an opportunity to influence the health status and quality of life in infants with developmental disabilities and handicapped infants, to promote their social integration, to prevent disabilities in infants and parents refusals to educate their children (social orphanage).
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Khoddam, Hannah, Diane Goldenberg, Sarah A. Stoycos, Katelyn Taline Horton, Narcis Marshall, Sofia I. Cárdenas, Jonas Kaplan, and Darby Saxbe. "How do expectant fathers respond to infant cry? Examining brain and behavioral responses and the moderating role of testosterone." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 15, no. 4 (April 2020): 437–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaa051.
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Abstract Expectant parents’ responses to infant cry may indicate future risk and resiliency in the parent-child relationship. Most studies of parental reactivity to infant cry have focused on mothers, and few studies have focused on expectant fathers, although fathers make important contributions to parenting. Additionally, although different responses to infant cry (behavioral, psychological and neural) are hypothesized to track together, few studies have analyzed them concurrently. The current investigation aimed to address these gaps by characterizing multimodal responses to infant cry within expectant fathers and testing whether prenatal testosterone moderates these responses. Expectant fathers responded to infant cry vs frequency-matched white noise with increased activation in bilateral areas of the temporal lobe involved in processing speech sounds and social and emotional stimuli. Handgrip force, which has been used to measure parents’ reactivity to cry sounds in previous studies, did not differentiate cry from white noise within this sample. Expectant fathers with higher prenatal testosterone showed greater activation in the supramarginal gyrus, left occipital lobe and precuneus cortex to cry sounds. Expectant fathers appear to interpret and process infant cry as a meaningful speech sound and social cue, and testosterone may play a role in expectant fathers’ response to infant cry.
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Aoki, Sayaka, Keiji Hashimoto, Natsuha Ikeda, Makoto Takekoh, Takeo Fujiwara, Naho Morisaki, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Yoshiyuki Tachibana, and Yukihiro Ohya. "Comparison of the Kyoto Scale of Psychological Development 2001 with the parent-rated Kinder Infant Development Scale (KIDS)." Brain and Development 38, no. 5 (May 2016): 481–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.braindev.2015.11.001.
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Alexeevich, Popov Viktor, and Kanareikina Tatiana Alexandrovna. "Single-father Parenting in Contemporary Russian and Foreign Social Science Research." Asian Social Science 14, no. 2 (January 29, 2018): 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v14n2p173.
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The article contains a comparative analysis of Russian and foreign research exploring the phenomenon of single father hood. The most significant pedagogical and psychological aspects of child-rearing in single male parent families dealt with in Russian and foreign studies have been examined along with the results of the authors’ empirical research into the characteristics of parental responsibilities and single-father parenting strategies.
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Sutter-Dallay, A. L. "Joint care of parents and infants in perinatal psychiatry." European Psychiatry 64, S1 (April 2021): S65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.203.
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Abstract BodyIn the perinatal period, about 15-20 % of women will present a mental health disorder. These disorders, as with all sources of psychological and physical stress in early childhood, especially the poor quality of parent-child relationships, are widely involved in predicting poor mental health in adulthood. The economic cost of perinatal mental health, corollary of this human cost, evaluated in 2014 would amount to £GBP 8.1 billion per annual birth cohort according to a UK report. This report highlights another fundamental element: 3/4 of the costs are associated with the deleterious consequences of parental psychological disorders on child development. The mechanisms involved in the relationship between parental psychiatric disorders and child development are complex. On the other hand, the influence of parental characteristics on the future of children can vary depending on social determinants such as familial income level. During the perinatal period, parental mental health represents one of the keys to the infant development. Perinatal psychiatry allows a dual approach essential to deal with the complexity of perinatal psychiatry care, combining a curative aim (care of the parent) and a preventive one (preventing the risk of dysfunction in the process of becoming parents, in parent-child relationships and of impaired child developement). This intervention wil discuss how this interactive circle must be supported by perinatal mental health policies, of which the joint care of parents and infants (from parent-child psychotherapy to joint mother-baby hospitalisation) in perinatal psychiatry is a pivotal element.DisclosureNo significant relationships.
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DREW, LINDA M., and MERRIL SILVERSTEIN. "Inter-generational role investments of great-grandparents: consequences for psychological well-being." Ageing and Society 24, no. 1 (January 2004): 95–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x03001533.
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Identity theory suggests that individuals who perceive their family roles as salient and feel competent in their performance have greater psychological well-being than others. This paper assesses the ways in which aspects of parent, grandparent and great-grandparent role investments affect self-esteem, levels of depression and affect-balance. The 188 respondents with an average age of 73 years were participants in the University of Southern California Longitudinal Study of Generations and occupied all three roles at the time of measurement. They self-assessed quality of performance, importance to one's identity and satisfaction in their family roles. Overall, levels of role investment declined consistently with greater lineage distance from parent to great-grandparent. Latent correlations showed that parent role investment was most highly associated with well-being, followed by investment in grandparent and great-grandparent roles. Structural equation modelling, however, revealed no unique effects on well-being for any of the three roles (as a result of high inter-correlations). All three role structures formed a single meta-construct that was positively related to psychological well-being. It is concluded that the strength and consequences of inter-generational role investments were hierarchically structured by relational proximity, but also manifested in a single integrated family identity, which suggests that there are two competing and complementary views of family role structures in later life.
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Müller, Jörg M., Sandra Achtergarde, Hanna Frantzmann, Kathrin Steinberg, Olena Skorozhenina, Thomas Beyer, Tilman Fürniss, and Christian Postert. "Inter-rater reliability and aspects of validity of the parent-infant relationship global assessment scale (PIR-GAS)." Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 7, no. 1 (2013): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1753-2000-7-17.
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Schoch, Sarah F., Reto Huber, Malcolm Kohler, and Salome Kurth. "Which Are the Central Aspects of Infant Sleep? The Dynamics of Sleep Composites across Infancy." Sensors 20, no. 24 (December 15, 2020): 7188. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20247188.
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Sleep during infancy is important for the well-being of both infant and parent. Therefore, there is large interest in characterizing infant sleep with reliable tools, for example by combining actigraphy with 24-h-diaries. However, it is critical to select the right variables to characterize sleep. In a longitudinal investigation, we collected sleep data of 152 infants at ages 3, 6, and 12 months. Using principal component analysis, we identified five underlying sleep composites from 48 commonly-used sleep variables: Sleep Night, Sleep Day, Sleep Activity, Sleep Timing, and Sleep Variability. These composites accurately reflect known sleep dynamics throughout infancy as Sleep Day (representing naps), Sleep Activity (representing sleep efficiency and consolidation), and Sleep Variability (representing day-to-day stability) decrease across infancy, while Sleep Night (representing nighttime sleep) slightly increases, and Sleep Timing becomes earlier as one ages. We uncover interesting dynamics between the sleep composites and demonstrate that infant sleep is not only highly variable between infants but also dynamic within infants across time. Interestingly, Sleep Day is associated with behavioral development and therefore a potential marker for maturation. We recommend either the use of sleep composites or the core representative variables within each sleep composite for more reliable research.