The mediating role of maternal responsiveness in some longer term effects of postnatal depression on infant development

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Milgrom ◽  
Doreen T. Westley ◽  
Alan W. Gemmill
Keyword(s):  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Maternal Responsiveness ◽  
Mediating Role

scholarly journals Does early maternal responsiveness buffer prenatal tobacco exposure effects on young children's behavioral disinhibition?

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (04) ◽  
pp. 1285-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caron A. C. Clark ◽  
Suena H. Massey ◽  
Sandra A. Wiebe ◽  
Kimberly Andrews Espy ◽  
Lauren S. Wakschlag
Keyword(s):  
Disruptive Behavior ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Maternal Responsiveness ◽  
Behavioral Disinhibition ◽  
Tobacco Exposure ◽  
Parental Responsiveness

AbstractChildren with prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) exhibit early self-regulatory impairments, reflecting a life-course persistent propensity toward behavioral disinhibition. Previously, we demonstrated the protective role of parental responsiveness for reducing the risk of exposure-related disruptive behavior in adolescence. Here, we expanded this line of inquiry, examining whether responsiveness moderates the relation of PTE to a broader set of behavioral disinhibition features in early childhood and testing alternative diathesis-stress versus differential susceptibility explanatory models. PTE was assessed prospectively using interviews and bioassays in the Midwestern Infant Development Study (MIDS). Mother-child dyads (N = 276) were re-assessed at approximately 5 years of age in a preschool follow-up. We quantified maternal responsiveness and child behavioral disinhibition using a combination of directly observed activities in the lab and developmentally sensitive questionnaires. Results supported a diathesis-stress pattern. Children with PTE and less responsive mothers showed increased disruptive behavior and lower effortful control compared with children without PTE. In contrast, exposed children with more responsive mothers had self-regulatory profiles similar to their non-exposed peers. We did not observe sex differences. Findings provide greater specification of the protective role of maternal responsiveness for self-regulation in children with PTE and help clarify mechanisms that may underscore trajectories of exposure-related behavioral disinhibition.

scholarly journals Maternal postnatal depression and offspring depression at age 24 years in a UK-birth cohort: the mediating role of maternal nurturing behaviours concerning feeding, crying and sleeping

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Culpin ◽  
Gemma Hammerton ◽  
Marc H Bornstein ◽  
Jon Heron ◽  
Jonathan Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Adult Offspring ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Mediating Role

AbstractImportanceFew longitudinal studies have examined the role of maternal nurturing parenting behaviours concerning feeding, crying and sleeping in the association between maternal postnatal depression (PND) and offspring depression in adulthood.ObjectiveTo examine the association between PND and offspring depression at age 24 years and the mediating role of maternal nurturing behaviours concerning feeding, crying and sleeping.DesignLongitudinal study of mothers and their offspring in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, followed up through age 24 years. Offspring ICD-10 depression diagnosis at age 24 years was established using the Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised. Symptoms of maternal depression were measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at 8 months postnatally. Maternal nurturing behaviours concerning feeding, crying and sleeping were assessed using self-reported questionnaires administered from birth to age 3 years.ResultsThe sample with complete data on confounders for the mediation analyses was 5,881. In the fully adjusted model, there was evidence of an indirect effect from PND to offspring depression through the combination of all parenting factors (probit regression coefficient [B]=0.038, 95%CI 0.005, 0.071); however, there was no evidence of a direct effect from early maternal PND to adult offspring depression once the indirect effect via parenting factors was accounted for (B=0.009, 95%CI -0.075, 0.093). There was evidence for specific indirect effects through maternal worries about feeding (B=0.019, 95%CI 0.003, 0.035, p=0.010) and maternal perceptions and responses to crying (B=0.018, 95%CI 0.004, 0.032, p=0.012). Analyses in a larger sample using multiple imputation led to similar results.Conclusions and RelevanceThe adverse impact of PND on offspring depression in early adulthood was explained by maternal nurturing behaviours concerning feeding, crying and sleeping in early infancy. Residual confounding and measurement error are likely, limiting causal conclusions. If found to be causal, reducing worries around early maternal nurturing behaviours could be a target for interventions to reduce adverse outcomes in adult offspring of depressed mothers.

Maternal history of parentification and warm responsiveness: The mediating role of knowledge of infant development.

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 863-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy K. Nuttall ◽  
Kristin Valentino ◽  
Lijuan Wang ◽  
Jennifer Burke Lefever ◽  
John G. Borkowski
Keyword(s):  
Infant Development ◽  
Maternal History ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
History Of

The More You Say, the Less They Hear

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsbeth D. Asbeek Brusse ◽  
Marieke L. Fransen ◽  
Edith G. Smit
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Protection ◽  
Entertainment Education ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Attitude Measures ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract. This study examined the effects of disclosure messages in entertainment-education (E-E) on attitudes toward hearing protection and attitude toward the source. In addition, the (mediating) role of the underlying mechanisms (i.e., transportation, identification, and counterarguing) was studied. In an experiment (N = 336), three different disclosure messages were compared with a no-disclosure condition. The results show that more explicit disclosure messages negatively affect transportation and identification and stimulate the generation of counterarguments. In addition, the more explicit disclosure messages affect both attitude measures via two of these processes (i.e., transportation and counterarguing). Less explicit disclosure messages do not have this effect. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Coping Humor as a Mediator Between Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peizhen Sun ◽  
Jennifer J. Chen ◽  
Hongyan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Regulation Of Emotion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Overall Job Satisfaction

Abstract. This study investigated the mediating role of coping humor in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and job satisfaction. Participants were 398 primary school teachers in China, who completed the Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Coping Humor Scale, and Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that coping humor was a significant mediator between EI and job satisfaction. A further examination revealed, however, that coping humor only mediated two sub-dimensions of EI (use of emotion and regulation of emotion) and job satisfaction. Implications for future research and limitations of the study are discussed.

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