Psychopathology

 

Mother-Infant Emotion Regulation at Three Months: The Role of Maternal Anxiety, Depression and Parenting Stress

Riva Crugnola C.a · Ierardi E.a · Ferro V.a · Gallucci M.a · Parodi C.b · Astengo M.b

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aDepartment of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, and bDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, Primary Care and District Activities, Savona, Italy

Keywords: Emotion regulationPostpartum depressionParenting stressAnxiety

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Psychopathology 2016;49:285-294
https://doi.org/10.1159/000446811

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Received: February 02, 2016
Accepted: May 08, 2016
Published online: July 14, 2016
Issue release date: October 2016

Number of Print Pages: 10
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 5

ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP

Abstract

Background: While the association between anxiety and postpartum depression is well known, few studies have investigated the relationship between these two states and parenting stress. Furthermore, a number of studies have found that postpartum depression affects mother-infant emotion regulation, but there has been only one study on anxiety and emotion regulation and no studies at all on parenting stress and emotion regulation. Therefore, the primary aim of our study is to identify, in a community sample of 71 mothers, the relationship between maternal depression, anxiety, and parenting stress. The second aim is to examine the relationship between anxiety, postpartum depression, and parenting stress and mother-infant emotion regulation assessed at 3 months. Methods: Mother-infant interaction was coded with a modified version of the Infant Caregiver and Engagement Phases (ICEP) using a microanalytic approach. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) were administered to the mothers to assess depression, anxiety, and parenting stress, respectively. Results: Analysis revealed correlations between anxiety and depression, showing that parenting stress is associated with both states. In a laboratory observation, depression was correlated with both negative maternal states and negative dyadic matches as well as infant positive/mother negative mismatches; anxiety was correlated with both negative maternal states and infant negative states as well as mismatches involving one of the partners having a negative state. Multiple regression analysis showed that anxiety is a greater predictor than depression of less adequate styles of mother-infant emotion regulation. Parenting stress was not shown to predict such regulation.

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Article / Publication Details

First-Page Preview
Abstract of  

Received: February 02, 2016
Accepted: May 08, 2016
Published online: July 14, 2016
Issue release date: October 2016

Number of Print Pages: 10
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 5

ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP

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