Sentences with phrase «maternal psychological support»

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Mental health doesn't sound that important, compared with the physical safety of mother and child, but when you consider the affects of post natal depression, psychosis and PTSD, as well as bonding issues, you start to see that the effects of poor psychological / mental health support in traditional maternal hospitals is a major factor pushing women towards less safe birthing options.

Breastfeeding supports both maternal and infant psychological wellbeing.

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Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve early parenting by increasing understanding of infant developmental needs and promoting maternal responsiveness as indicated by increased positive behavior support for infants and decreased psychological control.

While a genetic basis for the findings is possible, altered parenting likely has a significant mediating role.15 For example, a recent meta - analysis found that maternal depression and psychological distress were associated with increased negative and coercive parenting behaviors and disengagement from the child.36 A father may then attenuate the influence of a mother's depression with increased caring behavior directed to the children.37, 38 Alternatively, a healthy father may offer support directly to the affected mother.14 Future work may explicate these mechanisms by examining specific measures of mothers» and fathers» role functioning.

As far as it concerns maternal psychological wellbeing, as expected, a higher degree of adult psychopathology resulted associated with less optimal mother — child interactions, supporting the hypothesis that experiencing some kind of psychological distress might affect different domains of life, including the one of everyday interactions with one's own child (Rogosch et al., 1992; Tronick and Weinberg, 1997; Anke, 2012).

Extensive data were collected on mothers» demographic characteristics, health history, including maternal history of asthma, prenatal and postnatal maternal psychological distress (anxiety, depression or stress), maternal social support (specifically the extent of partner / spouse support) and children's birth and health outcomes including breastfeeding status (at 3 months) from the APrON surveys completed at prenatal or postnatal clinic visits or sent in by mail.

The instruments aimed to assess socio - demographic information, maternal psychological wellbeing, marital relationships and perceived social support.

Dysfunctional parenting has been assumed as an important risk factor in the development of psychological disturbances in adulthood and several studies have reported a significant correlation between maternal PPD and altered cognitive / affective child development.16 Only a complex, clinical and multidisciplinary approach could deeply support the transition to parenthood and study results could be considered only a guidance in the assessment of psychopathologic disturbances.Furthermore, poor attention has been paid to the mood disturbance of fathers and to the association between depression and anxiety.

Secondly, according to the literature that highlights the intervention of multiple factors in determining the quality of parenting practices (Belsky, 1984; Feiring et al., 1987; Jennings et al., 1991; Melson et al., 1993; Bender and Losel, 1998; Singer et al., 2003; Favez et al., 2006), we aimed to test whether aspects such as the maternal perception of couple adjustment, social support and psychological wellbeing were associated to mother — child EA.

At the beginning of the course each mother was given a battery of self - report questionnaires to fill in at home, aimed at investigating socio - demographic information, maternal psychological well being, marital relationships and perceived social support (see the section Quality of Mother — Child Interactions during Massage Lessons).

Empirical evidence attests that some of these factors are of particular relevance, such as the quality of marital relationship, maternal psychological wellbeing, and perceived social support.

Moreover, maternal psychological distress, including prenatal and postnatal depression, anxiety and stress, may increase risk, while social support from partners may reduce risk for childhood AD.

Without appropriate social support during the transition to motherhood, this transition can be difficult and distressing, adding to maternal psychological distress and affecting the mother's ability to care for her infant [49].

The presence of maternal psychological distress resulted associated with less optimal mother — child emotional exchanges, while the hypothesis regarding couple satisfaction and social support influence were not confirmed.