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Maternal Psychological Distress and Mother-Infant Relationship: Multiple-Birth Versus Singleton Preterm Infants.

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Gondwe, KW; Yang, Q; White-Traut, R; Holditch-Davis, D
Published in: Neonatal network : NN
March 2017

Multiple preterm birth is associated with more maternal psychological distress and less positive mother-infant interactions than singleton preterm birth. This study's purpose was to compare psychological distress and the relationship with their infants in mothers of multiples and mothers of singletons.An exploratory secondary analysis of longitudinal data.236 mothers and their preterm infants.Maternal psychological distress (depressive symptoms, anxiety, posttraumatic stress [PTS], parenting stress), the mother-infant relationship (worry; child vulnerability; maternal positive involvement and developmental stimulation; and child developmental maturity, irritability, and social behaviors), and the home environment.Mothers of multiples had greater PTS symptoms at baseline, anxiety at discharge, and depressive symptoms at six months than mothers of singletons. Mothers of multiples also had more positive home environments at six months. Multiple birth was a risk factor for psychological distress but not for less positive mother-infant interactions.

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Neonatal network : NN

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EISSN

1539-2880

ISSN

0730-0832

Publication Date

March 2017

Volume

36

Issue

2

Start / End Page

77 / 88

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Pregnancy, Multiple
  • Pregnancy
  • Parenting
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Gondwe, K. W., Yang, Q., White-Traut, R., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2017). Maternal Psychological Distress and Mother-Infant Relationship: Multiple-Birth Versus Singleton Preterm Infants. Neonatal Network : NN, 36(2), 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1891/0730-0832.36.2.77
Gondwe, Kaboni Whitney, Qing Yang, Rosemary White-Traut, and Diane Holditch-Davis. “Maternal Psychological Distress and Mother-Infant Relationship: Multiple-Birth Versus Singleton Preterm Infants.Neonatal Network : NN 36, no. 2 (March 2017): 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1891/0730-0832.36.2.77.
Gondwe KW, Yang Q, White-Traut R, Holditch-Davis D. Maternal Psychological Distress and Mother-Infant Relationship: Multiple-Birth Versus Singleton Preterm Infants. Neonatal network : NN. 2017 Mar;36(2):77–88.
Gondwe, Kaboni Whitney, et al. “Maternal Psychological Distress and Mother-Infant Relationship: Multiple-Birth Versus Singleton Preterm Infants.Neonatal Network : NN, vol. 36, no. 2, Mar. 2017, pp. 77–88. Epmc, doi:10.1891/0730-0832.36.2.77.
Gondwe KW, Yang Q, White-Traut R, Holditch-Davis D. Maternal Psychological Distress and Mother-Infant Relationship: Multiple-Birth Versus Singleton Preterm Infants. Neonatal network : NN. 2017 Mar;36(2):77–88.

Published In

Neonatal network : NN

DOI

EISSN

1539-2880

ISSN

0730-0832

Publication Date

March 2017

Volume

36

Issue

2

Start / End Page

77 / 88

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Pregnancy, Multiple
  • Pregnancy
  • Parenting
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Female