Jacqueline A Sullivan1, Bharathi J Zvara2, Sarah A Keim1,3,4, Rebecca Andridge5, Sarah E Anderson4. 1. The Research Institute, Center for Biobehavioral Health, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH. 2. Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 3. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 4. Divisions of Epidemiology, and. 5. Biostatistics, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Knowledge about child development is associated with parenting and children's outcomes. Parents with less accurate knowledge about developmental milestones may have unrealistic expectations for their child's behavior, which may affect parent well-being. Limited research has examined this topic relative to depression, but other aspects of parent well-being (e.g., parenting stress) are unexplored. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of an ongoing prospective cohort study of 300 families in central Ohio enrolled when children were a mean (SD) calendar age of 18.2 (0.7) months. Children of all gestational ages at birth are included, and 37% were born preterm (<37 weeks' gestation.) Primary caregivers (93% mothers) completed the 20-item Knowledge of Infant Development Index (KIDI) and questionnaires for child temperament and 3 aspects of parent well-being (depressive and anxious symptoms, parenting stress, and general health). Covariate-adjusted regression models assessed relationships between the KIDI score and each well-being outcome. We hypothesized that parents with less knowledge would have more symptoms of depression and anxiety, greater parenting stress, and poorer health. Whether associations were stronger for parents of children born preterm or who had high negative affect was explored. RESULTS: Knowledge of Infant Development Index scores were associated with sociodemographic characteristics, child temperament, and gestational age (more knowledge: higher socioeconomic position, less child negative affect, and full-term birth). KIDI scores did not predict any aspect of parent well-being, and there was no evidence that child temperament or preterm birth altered these findings. CONCLUSION: In this sample of parents of toddlers assessed in 2018/19, greater knowledge of infant development was not associated with parent well-being.
OBJECTIVE: Knowledge about child development is associated with parenting and children's outcomes. Parents with less accurate knowledge about developmental milestones may have unrealistic expectations for their child's behavior, which may affect parent well-being. Limited research has examined this topic relative to depression, but other aspects of parent well-being (e.g., parenting stress) are unexplored. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of an ongoing prospective cohort study of 300 families in central Ohio enrolled when children were a mean (SD) calendar age of 18.2 (0.7) months. Children of all gestational ages at birth are included, and 37% were born preterm (<37 weeks' gestation.) Primary caregivers (93% mothers) completed the 20-item Knowledge of Infant Development Index (KIDI) and questionnaires for child temperament and 3 aspects of parent well-being (depressive and anxious symptoms, parenting stress, and general health). Covariate-adjusted regression models assessed relationships between the KIDI score and each well-being outcome. We hypothesized that parents with less knowledge would have more symptoms of depression and anxiety, greater parenting stress, and poorer health. Whether associations were stronger for parents of children born preterm or who had high negative affect was explored. RESULTS: Knowledge of Infant Development Index scores were associated with sociodemographic characteristics, child temperament, and gestational age (more knowledge: higher socioeconomic position, less child negative affect, and full-term birth). KIDI scores did not predict any aspect of parent well-being, and there was no evidence that child temperament or preterm birth altered these findings. CONCLUSION: In this sample of parents of toddlers assessed in 2018/19, greater knowledge of infant development was not associated with parent well-being.
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