کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
324971 1433035 2007 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Correlates of Depressed Mothers' Sensitivity Toward Their Infants: The Role of Maternal, Child, and Contextual Characteristics
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پریناتولوژی (پزشکی مادر و جنین)، طب اطفال و بهداشت کودک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Correlates of Depressed Mothers' Sensitivity Toward Their Infants: The Role of Maternal, Child, and Contextual Characteristics
چکیده انگلیسی

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo examine various maternal, child, and contextual characteristics, as well as the number of risk factors present, to distinguish which factors explain variance in the sensitivity of depressed mothers toward their infants.MethodParticipants were depressed mothers (n = 84) with their infants ages 1 month up to 1 year. Mothers were videotaped while bathing their children. The recordings were rated using the sensitivity scale of the Emotional Availability Scales.ResultsThree characteristics independently contributed to the explained variance in maternal sensitivity: level of education, feelings of parental incompetence, and family income. In addition, two subgroups were found to be particularly at risk: young mothers with high levels of depressive symptoms and low-income mothers who felt insecure about their parental competence. Together, these factors explained 23% of the variation in sensitivity in our sample of depressed mothers. The number of risk factors explained 9.8% of the variation in sensitivity.ConclusionsThe present results have implications for preventive interventions. Identifying specific groups at risk for low maternal sensitivity at an early stage may lead to favorable outcomes of targeted interventions that focus on enhancing depressed mothers' maternal sensitivity and feelingsof parental competence.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Volume 46, Issue 6, June 2007, Pages 747–756
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