Emily D Gerstein1, Julie Poehlmann-Tynan2, Roseanne Clark3. 1. Waisman Center, Waisman Center, Human Development and Family Studies, and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison Gerstein2@waisman.wisc.edu. 2. Waisman Center, Waisman Center, Human Development and Family Studies, and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center, Waisman Center, Human Development and Family Studies, and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 3. Waisman Center, Waisman Center, Human Development and Family Studies, and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the feasibility of observing mother-child interactions in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), whether NICU interactions related to later interactions, and how interactions related to child and maternal characteristics. METHODS: The sample included 130 preterm infants and their mothers, observed in a feeding interaction in the NICU. Dyads were observed through 36 months postterm. RESULTS: Observed maternal positive affective involvement and verbalizations in the NICU were associated with the same parenting behaviors at 24 months, social support, socioeconomic status, and being born in the late preterm period. Maternal negative affect and behavior were unrelated to later maternal negativity or child and maternal characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: Positive parenting assessed in the NICU appears related to later parenting interaction quality, suggesting early assessment is possible. Maternal negative affect and behavior toward children may not consistently emerge until later in development.
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the feasibility of observing mother-child interactions in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), whether NICU interactions related to later interactions, and how interactions related to child and maternal characteristics. METHODS: The sample included 130 preterm infants and their mothers, observed in a feeding interaction in the NICU. Dyads were observed through 36 months postterm. RESULTS: Observed maternal positive affective involvement and verbalizations in the NICU were associated with the same parenting behaviors at 24 months, social support, socioeconomic status, and being born in the late preterm period. Maternal negative affect and behavior were unrelated to later maternal negativity or child and maternal characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: Positive parenting assessed in the NICU appears related to later parenting interaction quality, suggesting early assessment is possible. Maternal negative affect and behavior toward children may not consistently emerge until later in development.
Authors: Sheri Madigan; Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg; Marinus H Van Ijzendoorn; Greg Moran; David R Pederson; Diane Benoit Journal: Attach Hum Dev Date: 2006-06
Authors: Colette Gramszlo; Allison Karpyn; Jennifer Christofferson; Linda G McWhorter; Abigail C Demianczyk; Stacey L Lihn; Jena Tanem; Sinai Zyblewski; Elizabeth Lucey Boyle; Anne E Kazak; Erica Sood Journal: Cardiol Young Date: 2020-08-06 Impact factor: 1.023