Naslov
Mother’s and father’s mental health and contextual factors: implications for parent-infant bonding

Autori
Nakić Radoš, Sandra

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN Congress). Symposium on "Mental disorders in pregnancy and postpartum period – an international perspective on history and future"

Mjesto i datum
Berlin, Njemačka, 26.11.2020. - 28.11.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
mental health ; bonding ; postpartum depression ; posttraumatic stress disorder ; infant temperament

Sažetak
Literature about various determinants of bonding is still scarce. Bonding was examined within Belsky’s (1984) framework where parental mental health, child characteristics and context have potential effects on bonding. Our project aimed to examine mental health and contextual determinants of parent-infant bonding. Mothers (N=1258) and fathers (N=247) filled in questionnaires in several online studies in the first postpartum year. In mothers (Sample 1), postpartum depression (PPD), anxiety symptoms, and infant temperament (difficult and unpredictable) were related to poorer bonding. Also, the relationship between maternal childbirth satisfaction and bonding via posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following childbirth and PPD symptoms was examined. This revealed that childbirth satisfaction had a direct effect on bonding and an indirect effect through a serial mediation by PTSD and PPD symptoms. However, PTSD symptoms did not have a direct effect on bonding. Furthermore, we examined the psychometric properties of the new instrument for measuring PTSD in mothers (Sample 2) and confirmed the existence of two specific factors: Birth-related symptoms and General symptoms. This instrument was applied to re-examine the interplay between PTSD and PPD symptoms with bonding. It was established that Birth-related PTSD symptoms did not have an effect on PPD or bonding, while General PTSD symptoms had a direct effect on bonding. In fathers (Sample 3), the contextual factors of job characteristics (inflexible working hours, overtime work) have shown as related to the higher levels of conflict of work and family role, which in turn were related to poorer father-infant bonding. Insights from the complex relationships between parental mental health, infant temperament, and contextual factors should direct future preventive programs with a focus on optimal parent-infant bonding and healthy parenting.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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