Prenatal and postnatal maternal representations in nonrisk and at-risk parenting: exploring the influences on mother-infant feeding interactions

Infant Mental Health Journal
Renata TambelliLoredana Lucarelli

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the mother-infant relationship in depressive, psychosocial, and cumulative-risk parenting by assessing prenatal and postnatal maternal representations and mother-infant interactions during feeding at 4 months of age. The sample consisted of 167 mother-infant pairs: 41 nonrisk women, 40 depressive-risk women, 40 psychosocial-risk women, and 46 cumulative-risk women. During pregnancy, the women were interviewed about psychosocial-risk variables. Maternal representations and depressive symptoms were evaluated during pregnancy and again when the infants were 3 and 4 months old, respectively. All mother-infant pairs were observed in 20-min video recordings during breast-feeding. Maternal Integrated/balanced representations were more frequent in the nonrisk group whereas the maternal Nonintegrated/ambivalent category was more represented in the cumulative-risk group during pregnancy and after the infant's birth. At 4 months, the cumulative-risk group of mothers and infants showed a lack of reciprocity, conflictual communicative exchanges, and higher food refusal behavior. Moreover, at 4 months, differences between the quality of mother-infant feeding interactions and the quality of prenatal an...Continue Reading

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May 15, 2015·Infant Mental Health Journal·Bogumila KielbratowskaKrzysztof Preis
Feb 28, 2018·Infant Mental Health Journal·Irene ChatoorLoredana Lucarelli
Sep 20, 2019·BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth·Henrika PulliainenSari Ahlqvist-Björkroth
Dec 22, 2020·Frontiers in Public Health·Renata TambelliFrancesco Dentale
Apr 17, 2021·Infant Mental Health Journal·Karina M ShrefflerStacy Tiemeyer
Jul 14, 2021·Infant Mental Health Journal·Katherine L Guyon-HarrisAlissa C Huth-Bocks
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