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Direct linkTikotzky, Liat; Volkovich, Ella; Meiri, Gal – Developmental Psychology, 2021
This longitudinal study examined whether changes in maternal emotional distress (depressive, anxiety, and parenting-stress symptoms) predict changes over time in subjective and objective infant sleep. We recruited 226 Israeli expectant mothers (M age 28.8 ± 3.3), most representing the middle-upper socioeconomic class. Maternal depressive and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Emotional Response, Depression (Psychology)
Martinviita-Hietala, Mariia; Joskitt, Leena; Ebeling, Hanna; Yliherva, Anneli; Moilanen, Irma – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Risk factors for parenthood, early interaction and parents' perception of their 1-year-old child were examined in relation to the demographic and pregnancy-related background factors and to the further training for public health care nurses (PHCNs), according to European Early Promotion Project (EEPP). The short version of the Parenting Stress…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Child Rearing, Infants
Vänskä, Mervi; Punamäki, Raija-Leena; Tolvanen, Asko; Lindblom, Jallu; Flykt, Marjo; Unkila-Kallio, Leila; Tulppala, Maija; Tiitinen, Aila – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017
A father's mental health is important for family well-being, but research is scarce on paternal symptoms during the transition to fatherhood. This study identified fathers' latent mental health trajectory classes from the pre- to postnatal period and examined their associations with early fathering experiences. It further analysed, whether a…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Fathers, Depression (Psychology), Measures (Individuals)
Nelson, Jackie A.; O'Brien, Marion – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
The effect of pregnancy planning on the quality of mother-adolescent relationships 15 years later was examined among 373 first-time parents and 472 experienced parents using a mediated moderation model. Among first-time mothers only, the experience of an unplanned pregnancy was related to higher maternal depressive symptoms when mothers also…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Parent Child Relationship, Family Planning, Mothers
Download full textFaucetta, Kristen; Michalopoulos, Charles; Portilla, Ximena A.; Qiang, Ashley; Lee, Helen; Millenky, Megan; Somers, Marie-Andrée – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
In 2010, Congress authorized the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program by enacting section 511 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 711, which also appropriated funding for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Subsequently enacted laws extended funding for the program through fiscal year 2022. The program is…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Mothers, Infants, Federal Programs
Wiebe, Sandra A.; Fang, Hua; Johnson, Craig; James, Karen E.; Espy, Kimberly Andrews – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Our goal in the present study was to examine the effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy on infant self-regulation, exploring birth weight as a mediator and sex as a moderator of risk. A prospective sample of 218 infants was assessed at 6 months of age. Infants completed a battery of tasks assessing working memory/inhibition, attention, and…
Descriptors: Smoking, Mothers, Prenatal Influences, Pregnancy
Wen, Xiaoli; Korfmacher, Jon; Hans, Sydney L.; Henson, Linda G. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
The involvement of 124 young mothers in a doula support program was measured in two dimensions--quantity of program contact and quality of mother-doula helping relationship. The study examined each dimension's differential associations with maternal outcomes, as well as the moderating effects of mother characteristics on these associations.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Helping Relationship, Vocabulary Skills, Parent Participation
