Coparenting conflict moderates the association between maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and infant regulatory capacity

IF 2.8 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant and Child Development Pub Date : 2024-11-03 DOI:10.1002/icd.2549

Tiago Miguel Pinto, Mark Ethan Feinberg, Bárbara Figueiredo

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Abstract

As a development‐enhancing or a risk‐promoting environment, coparenting may shape the association between maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and infant regulatory capacity. This study aimed to analyse the moderator role of coparenting cooperation and conflict in the association between maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and infant regulatory capacity at 3 months. The sample comprised 103 primiparous couples (N = 206 parents) and their 3‐month‐old infants (53.7% female). Mothers reported on depressive symptoms at the first trimester of pregnancy, and both parents reported on coparenting, and infant regulatory capacity at 2 weeks and 3 months postpartum. Higher levels of maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and higher levels of coparenting conflict reported by parents at 2 weeks postpartum were associated with lower infant regulatory capacity at 3 months. Coparenting conflict at 2 weeks postpartum accentuated the association between maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and infant regulatory capacity at 3 months. The results support a view of coparenting conflict as a risk‐promoting environment that can accentuate the association between maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and infant regulatory capacity. Infants in families with mothers with elevated prenatal depressive symptoms and with high levels of coparenting conflict may be at high risk of low regulatory capacity.

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养育冲突可调节母亲产前抑郁症状与婴儿调节能力之间的关系

作为一种促进发展或增加风险的环境，共同养育可能会影响母亲产前抑郁症状与婴儿调节能力之间的关系。本研究旨在分析共同养育中的合作与冲突在母亲产前抑郁症状与婴儿3个月时的调节能力之间的关联中的调节作用。样本包括 103 对初产夫妇（N = 206）及其 3 个月大的婴儿（53.7% 为女性）。母亲报告了怀孕头三个月的抑郁症状，父母双方报告了共同养育情况以及产后 2 周和 3 个月的婴儿调节能力。母亲产前抑郁症状越严重，父母在产后 2 周报告的共同养育冲突越严重，婴儿在 3 个月时的调节能力就越低。产后 2 周的亲子冲突加剧了产妇产前抑郁症状与婴儿 3 个月时调节能力之间的关联。研究结果支持这样一种观点，即父母之间的冲突是一种风险促进环境，会加剧母亲产前抑郁症状与婴儿调节能力之间的关联。在母亲产前抑郁症状高发且共同养育冲突程度较高的家庭中，婴儿可能会面临调节能力低下的高风险。

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Infant and Child Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

9.10%

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期刊介绍： Infant and Child Development publishes high quality empirical, theoretical and methodological papers addressing psychological development from the antenatal period through to adolescence. The journal brings together research on: - social and emotional development - perceptual and motor development - cognitive development - language development atypical development (including conduct problems, anxiety and depressive conditions, language impairments, autistic spectrum disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders)