There are several explanations as to why an increase in
maternal confidence in her parenting ability promotes positive changes in maternal behavior.
It might be helpful to remind yourself, that even if you feel resistant or uncomfortable in these new behaviors, it is all to benefit baby and your own feelings
of maternal confidence.
The first week postpartum is crucial for the establishment of a healthy milk supply and for
maternal confidence in breastfeeding.
Postintervention, parent training programmes significantly decreased maternal depression, anxiety, stress, anger, guilt, and
improved maternal confidence and satisfaction with the partner relationship.
Moreover, our data showed a negative correlation
between maternal confidence in self and in others (ASQ - F1) and patients» anxiety related to school.
Post-Treatment both treatments resulted in a reduction in the presenting problems of the infants,
increased maternal confidence in their capacity to manage parenting problems and decreased stress associated with parenting.
However, there were agency - specific positive program effects on several outcomes, including parent - child interaction, child development,
maternal confidence in adult relationships, and partner violence.
Perhaps the answer is related to
maternal confidence, the infant relationship with the breast in a very key period of cognitive development, plus a cascade effect from poor pumping results.
And the constant, flinty little chips in
my maternal confidence from all the people who suck in their cheeks and tell me that I'm doing parenting wrong.
This review will consider studies that include the following outcomes: parenting stress, maternal depressive symptoms, and
maternal confidence.
Outcome measures includes but is not restricted to: Parenting stress, i.e., self - report such as the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) Maternal depressive symptoms, i.e., self - report such as the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
Maternal confidence, i.e., self - report such as the Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (MCQ)
Multiple regression analysis indicated that
maternal confidence and warmth were predictive of cognitive development and achievement.
We hypothesized that the children of African - American parents who reported more traditional authoritarian beliefs,
maternal confidence, and maternal warmth would display higher levels of cognitive development and achievement at school entry.