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Exploring the impact of infant feeding patterns on the psychological well-being of adolescent mothers. 探讨婴儿喂养方式对青春期母亲心理健康的影响。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2437648
Atefeh Yas, Fatemeh Zahra Karimi, Talat Khadivzadeh
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Fear of childbirth among Chinese women in the third trimester and mode of delivery. 中国妇女在妊娠晚期对分娩的恐惧和分娩方式。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-12-03 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2435941
Junfang Chen, Liping He, Aixiang Chen, Xia Wang, Zhaodi Zhang
{"title":"Fear of childbirth among Chinese women in the third trimester and mode of delivery.","authors":"Junfang Chen, Liping He, Aixiang Chen, Xia Wang, Zhaodi Zhang","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2435941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2435941","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Findings from studies of the influence of fear of childbirth on mode of delivery in women are equivocal. This study used the 2021 Science Database of People Mental Health to investigate the trend of caesarean sections in the Chinese population and its relationship with the fear of childbirth.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 1,894 Chinese women were included in the study. We performed a hierarchical regression analysis to control sociodemographic and obstetric information, depression, anxiety, and fear of childbirth in pregnant women. Restricted cubic spline analysis was applied to determine the association between fear of childbirth and caesarean sections.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The total prevalence of caesarean sections was 54.49%. The final regression analysis explained 58.7% of the variance in the mode of delivery. After controlling for confounders, fear of childbirth was a risk factor for caesarean sections in pregnant women (OR = 1.108, 95% CI: 1.093 ~ 1.124). Furthermore, the RCS analysis showed a non-linear correlation between fear of childbirth and mode of delivery (non-linear <i>p</i> < 0.001), and a stronger impact was found in the relation between fear of childbirth and mode of delivery in multiparous women than in primiparous women.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Mild or high-level fear of childbirth during the third trimester was associated with an increased number of caesarean sections, especially in multiparous women. These results suggested that healthcare professionals should underscore the importance of fear of childbirth screening and implement targeted interventions for affected women.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142773721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Reproductive timing and social egg freezing within British South Asian communities: a qualitative study. 英国南亚社区的生育时间和社会卵子冷冻:一项定性研究。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2432533
Sasha Loyal
{"title":"Reproductive timing and social egg freezing within British South Asian communities: a qualitative study.","authors":"Sasha Loyal","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2432533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2432533","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Social egg freezing (SEF) is a technology that enables women to preserve and store healthy, unfertilised eggs for non-medical reasons, for use later on in life. Despite the growing number of women using this technology, very little research has explored the perceptions of SEF among women from ethnically minoritised backgrounds.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The main aim of this study was to advance understandings of perceptions of reproductive timing within British South Asian communities, and in part, focus on women's perceptions of assisted reproductive technologies in shaping the timing of motherhood. Data collection took place over two qualitative phases: four focus groups (<i>n</i> = 31) and individual interviews (<i>n</i> = 28) and data were analysed using interpretative thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings in this study demonstrate existence of varied and contrasting perceptions concerning reproductive timing and SEF amongst participants. The analysis developed two overarching themes: (1) Perceptions of SEF as a means of 'achieving' motherhood and (2) SEF as challenging normative expectations of reproduction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings provide novel insights into how perceptions of SEF are mediated by women's familial, religious and cultural contexts, shaped by perceptions about the 'right time' to have children and normative expectations of how women pursue motherhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142695151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Barriers to psychological support following early miscarriage. Perspectives of the UK-based IAPT perinatal champion. 早期流产后获得心理支持的障碍。英国 IAPT 围产期冠军的观点。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2433155
Jinny Carthew, Kenneth Gannon
{"title":"Barriers to psychological support following early miscarriage. Perspectives of the UK-based IAPT perinatal champion.","authors":"Jinny Carthew, Kenneth Gannon","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2433155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2433155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Early miscarriage has been linked to a wide variety of subsequent psychological difficulties. Despite this, challenges in accessing appropriate psychological support following early miscarriage are emphasised throughout the literature. Few studies have explored barriers to accessing support following early miscarriage from the perspective of healthcare professionals providing support, and none of these have focused solely on National Health Service (NHS) primary mental healthcare settings.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study therefore sought to address the gap in the literature through a qualitative exploration of the perspectives of perinatal champions working within Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services. These are practitioners specifically allocated to the role of providing specialist perinatal support within the UK primary healthcare system and therefore deemed to be in a position most likely to be providing support for people following early miscarriage. The aim of this study was to elicit a fuller, critical understanding of the potential barriers to accessing psychological support following early miscarriage within a UK context, with the hope of eliciting suggestions for how to improve it.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>12 participants took part in semi-structured interviews exploring their experiences of providing psychological support for people following early miscarriage.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thematic analysis of the interview transcripts yielded four key barrier themes: unclear guidance, service-centred care, journey to role, and societal stigma.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study has implications in terms of informing service structure, roles, and training within IAPT to improve pathways to support, following early miscarriage.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142696012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effect of midwives' attitudes towards evidence-based practices on mothers' perceptions regarding childbirth practices and satisfaction. 助产士对循证实践的态度对母亲分娩实践和满意度的影响。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2429582
Esra Karataş Okyay, Hatice Gül Öztaş
{"title":"Effect of midwives' attitudes towards evidence-based practices on mothers' perceptions regarding childbirth practices and satisfaction.","authors":"Esra Karataş Okyay, Hatice Gül Öztaş","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2429582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2429582","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim was to determine the effect of midwives' attitudes towards evidence-based practices in childbirth on mothers' perception and satisfaction with childbirth practices.</p><p><strong>Material and method: </strong>This cross-sectional study was carried out with the participation of 34 midwives working in the delivery rooms of three public hospitals in a province in the south of Türkiye and 287 postpartum women whose deliveries were facilitated by these midwives. A Personal Information Form and the Midwives' Evidence-Based Practices Attitude Scale during Labor (MEBPAS) were administered to the midwives. A Personal Information Form, the Birth Practices Perception Scale (BPPS), and the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) were administered to the postpartum women.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Because the skewness and kurtosis values were between -2 and + 2, the data showed normal distribution. The multiple linear regression model showed that the dimensions of MEBPAS (Interventional Practices, Supportive Care Practices, Movement and Nutrition Practices, Early Postpartum Period Practices) explained 29.4% of the total variance in BSS-R (F = 30.798; <i>p</i> = 0.041) and 53.4% of the total variance in BPPS (F = 83.094; <i>p</i> < 0.001). According to the Structural Equation Modeling, Interventional Practices, Movement and Nutrition Practices, and Early Postpartum Period Practices had statistically significant positive effects on BSS-R (respectively, β = 0.286, <i>p</i> < 0.001; β = 0.479, <i>p</i> = 0.016, and β = 1.009, <i>p</i> < 0.001), while Interventional Practices, Supportive Care Practices, and Early Postpartum Period Practices had statistically significant negative effects on BPPS (respectively, β=-0.048, <i>p</i> < 0.001; β=-0.026, <i>p</i> = 0.027, and β=-0.039, <i>p</i> = 0.034).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It was found that midwives' positive attitudes towards evidence-based practices in childbirth positively affected women's perceptions and satisfaction with birth practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142683218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A longitudinal examination of contributors to new parents' perception of their infant. 对影响新生儿父母对婴儿看法的因素进行纵向研究。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2430343
Ofir Ben-Yaakov, Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari
{"title":"A longitudinal examination of contributors to new parents' perception of their infant.","authors":"Ofir Ben-Yaakov, Orit Taubman-Ben-Ari","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2430343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2430343","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous studies have examined contributors to personal growth (PG) following the birth of the first child. This study examines for the first time the role of PG as a potential mediator in the relationship between individual characteristics (bond with parents and experiences of parental loss) and parental perception of their infant (warmth, invasiveness). By focusing on PG, this study offers a novel perspective on how parental experiences and relationships influence early parent-child dynamics over time.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used data from a longitudinal study among new Israeli parents. Participants completed self-report questionnaires in three phases: Up to one year following the birth of their first child (<i>n</i> = 2,182); Six months later (<i>n</i> = 1,045); and after another six months (<i>n</i> = 811).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study revealed associations between background variables and perceived infant's warmth and invasiveness over time. A cross-lag panel model revealed that parental care as reported in Phase 1 was linked to perceived warmth in Phase 1, whereas parental overprotection and parental loss, both reported in Phase 1 were linked to perceived invasiveness in Phase 1. PG mediated the association between parental care and perceived warmth over time.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study sheds light on the significance of parental bond, experiences of parental loss, and personal growth in shaping parents' perception of their infants. The findings highlight the importance of targeted support programmes to promote positive parent-infant relationships, emphasising the need for further longitudinal research to understand the dynamics of these relationships over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142677072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Psychological flexibility and role satisfaction as serial mediators between dispositional mindfulness and postpartum depressive symptoms. 心理灵活性和角色满意度是倾向性正念与产后抑郁症状之间的序列中介。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2431144
Miriam Chasson
{"title":"Psychological flexibility and role satisfaction as serial mediators between dispositional mindfulness and postpartum depressive symptoms.","authors":"Miriam Chasson","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2431144","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2431144","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Postpartum depression is a major public health issue impacting women's well-being and infant development. Dispositional mindfulness has been linked to lower severity of postpartum depressive symptoms (PDS), but the mechanisms behind this connection remain unclear. This study examines the serial mediation of psychological flexibility and maternal role satisfaction in the relationship between mindfulness facets and PDS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were recruited using convenience sampling and completed an electronic questionnaire assessing sociodemographic background, dispositional mindfulness, psychological flexibility, maternal role satisfaction, and PDS. The study included mothers over 18, who had given birth within ten months and could complete a Hebrew questionnaire. The final sample consisted of 298 women aged 21 to 47 (<i>M</i> = 31.34, SD = 4.34) with babies up to 10 months old.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mediation analyses showed that the mindfulness facets -describing, acting with awareness, and the overall score of dispositional mindfulness - were indirectly linked to lower severity of PDS through psychological flexibility and maternal role satisfaction. A serial mediation occurred, where higher mindfulness increased psychological flexibility, leading to greater role satisfaction and lower PDS. Additionally, nonjudging of inner experiences was directly associated with lower PDS severity and partially mediated by psychological flexibility and role satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings contribute to our understanding of how dispositional mindfulness relates to postpartum mental health through emotional and cognitive pathways. In practice, encouraging mindfulness, particularly nonjudgment, alongside fostering psychological flexibility and maternal role satisfaction, may help alleviate PDS and promote the well-being of postpartum women.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142669393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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"Learning to 'waltz' rather than 'wrestle' … " : a novel, ultra-brief intervention supporting early child-caregiver relationships. 学会 "跳华尔兹 "而不是 "摔跤"......":一种新颖、超简短的干预措施,支持早期儿童与照顾者之间的关系。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2427183
Hannah Potter, Gemma Chadderton, Rhonda Mitchell, Zoe D'Arcy
{"title":"\"Learning to 'waltz' rather than 'wrestle' … \" : a novel, ultra-brief intervention supporting early child-caregiver relationships.","authors":"Hannah Potter, Gemma Chadderton, Rhonda Mitchell, Zoe D'Arcy","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2427183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2427183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The quality of the early child-caregiver relationship plays a crucial role in shaping a child's development. In response to the lack of early intervention provisions for 2-5 year olds, the Leeds Infant Mental Health Service increased their offer to support children up to their fifth birthday (and their caregivers), where relational difficulties impact upon the child's emotional wellbeing.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the direct therapeutic work (named 'Understanding Your Toddler'; UYT), in promoting the child-caregiver relationship.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Nineteen families were accepted for UYT, where there was motivation and emotional availability to consider change within the relationship. Thirteen families engaged in the work. The UYT offer adopted a three session, home-visiting model, drawing upon several therapeutic approaches. A two-phased mixed methods design was adopted. Phase I analysed quantitative changes within the relationship. Phase II qualitatively evaluated families and professionals' experiences of UYT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Paired t-tests and Wilcoxon signed rank analyses illustrated significant differences pre and post UYT in caregiver: goals, confidence, perceptions and feelings of irritation. No significant differences were found in caregiver feelings of warmth. Themes from interviews suggested that the strengths-based approach was valued, and that video work supported caregivers to 'see the world from their (toddlers') point of view'.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This evaluation contributes to the limited evidence evaluating the efficacy of child-caregiver interventions in practice. Despite the small sample, the UYT model provides a helpful framework (applicable to clinical contexts) to foster early relationships and emotional development of young children.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prenatal representations link pregnancy intention to observed caregiving. 产前表征将怀孕意向与观察到的护理联系起来。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-10 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2424927
Lauren G Bailes, Brooke Fleming, Juelle Ford, Micaela Macfarlane, Casey Carrow, Charles H Zeanah, Kathryn L Humphreys
{"title":"Prenatal representations link pregnancy intention to observed caregiving.","authors":"Lauren G Bailes, Brooke Fleming, Juelle Ford, Micaela Macfarlane, Casey Carrow, Charles H Zeanah, Kathryn L Humphreys","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2424927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2424927","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims/background: </strong>Children from unintended pregnancies are at an increased risk of experiencing less positive parenting practices as well as abuse and neglect. Thus, identifying factors that may explain the association between pregnancy intention and caregiving behaviours is critical, as well as identifying if these associations can be assessed during pregnancy.</p><p><strong>Design/methods: </strong>In a sample of 297 pregnant people (M<sub>age</sub> = 31.17, SD = 4.89; gestational age range 9.71-35.14, <i>M</i> = 23.55, SD = 5.54) and, later, their 6-month-old infants, this prospective study examined the degree to which two facets (i.e. acceptance and richness of perceptions of the child and their role in being a parent for that child) of caregivers' prenatal mental representations of the child explained the association between pregnancy intention and the caregiver behaviour observed during caregiver - child interactions in infancy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results indicated that caregiver-child interactions following pregnancies that were intended, relative to those non-intended, were rated as higher in caregiving sensitivity and warmth. These relations were explained, in part, by a greater richness of perceptions, but not through acceptance.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings suggest richness of perceptions as a potential target for exploration in interventions to support pregnant people who were not intending to become pregnant as a means to promote positive caregiver - child relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142630354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sensory-processing sensitivity, parenting styles, and adult attachment patterns in parents of young children. 幼儿父母的感觉处理敏感性、养育方式和成人依恋模式。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2024.2419381
G Branjerdporn, K M Gillespie, M Green, J Strong, P Meredith
{"title":"Sensory-processing sensitivity, parenting styles, and adult attachment patterns in parents of young children.","authors":"G Branjerdporn, K M Gillespie, M Green, J Strong, P Meredith","doi":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2419381","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02646838.2024.2419381","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Increased sensitivity to internal and external stimuli, known as sensory-processing sensitivity (SPS), has been linked to attachment insecurity and less optimal parenting styles in parents of children aged 4-13 years. Associations between these parenting factors in parents of children aged 3 years and younger have not yet been investigated. Understanding the relationships between these factors will facilitate the development of strategies to better support highly sensitive parents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sample of 153 parents of children aged 3 years and younger completed an online survey comprising standardised measures of SPS, attachment, and infant parenting styles. The underlying factor structure of the Infancy Parenting Styles Questionnaire was investigated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Factor analysis identified 33 items loading onto five factors: Discipline, Routine, Anxiety, Nurturance, and Involvement, with moderate to high reliability. SPS was positively correlated with parenting anxiety, attachment anxiety, and attachment avoidance, but did not predict parenting style. Younger parent age was associate with more insecure attachment styles. Multivariate regression analyses revealed that variability in parenting anxiety was predicted only by attachment anxiety and having fewer children.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While SPS was not seen to predict parenting anxiety, relationships between SPS, parenting anxiety, and insecure attachment suggest that strategies tailored to SPS would support highly sensitive parents to care for their children and promote improved parent-child relationships. These strategies may therefore be a beneficial addition to attachment-based parenting programs. Further studies using the Toddler Parenting Styles Questionnaire (TPSQ) are needed to identify optimal parenting styles for parents of infants and toddlers.</p>","PeriodicalId":47721,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142591991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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