Associations between singing to babies and symptoms of postnatal depression, wellbeing, self-esteem and mother-infant bond

Fancourt, Daisy; Perkins, Rosie

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2017.01.016

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“…At the same time, playful ID singing can be used to activate and engage the infant in interactive games (Rock et al, 1999; Cirelli et al, 2019). Overall, engagement and connectedness within musical experiences may facilitate social connections between infants and their parents (Fancourt and Perkins, 2017; Cirelli et al, 2018). Thus, we propose that there is another potential function of ID signing, namely, to establish interpersonal synchrony.…”

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Neurobehavioral Interpersonal Synchrony in Early Development: The Role of Interactional Rhythms

2019

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Social interactions are essential for understanding others’ actions and their mental and affective states. Specifically, interpersonal coordination – also referred to as synchrony – allows actors to adjust their behaviors to one another and thus demonstrate their connectedness to each other. Much behavioral research has demonstrated the primacy of mutually synchronized social exchanges in early development. Additionally, new methodological advances now allow us to examine interpersonal synchrony not only at the behavioral and physiological but also neural level. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how infants and their caregivers actually achieve interpersonal synchrony in their exchanges. Here we discuss recent evidence showing that adults provide rhythmical information during early social interactions with their infants, such as affective touch and singing. We propose that entrainment to these social rhythms underlies the formation of interpersonal synchrony and thus stimulates reciprocal interactions between infants and their caregivers.

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Neurobehavioral Interpersonal Synchrony in Early Development: The Role of Interactional Rhythms

2019

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“…And a further study has found cross-sectional associations between listening to music and depression and well-being among new mothers, with more frequent listening associated with better mental health. 31 However, this study did not look longitudinally nor involved pregnant women.…”

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Could listening to music during pregnancy be protective against postnatal depression and poor wellbeing post birth? Longitudinal associations from a preliminary prospective cohort study

Fancourt

Perkins

2018

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesThis study explored whether listening to music during pregnancy is longitudinally associated with lower symptoms of postnatal depression and higher well-being in mothers post birth.DesignProspective cohort study.ParticipantsWe analysed data from 395 new mothers aged over 18 who provided data in the third trimester of pregnancy and 3 and 6 months later (0–3 and 4–6 months post birth).Primary and secondary outcome measuresPostnatal depression was measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and well-being was measured using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Our exposure was listening to music and was categorised as ‘rarely; a couple of times a week; every day <1 hour; every day 1–2 hours; every day 3–5 hours; every day 5+hrs’. Multivariable linear regression analyses were carried out to explore the effects of listening to music during pregnancy on depression and well-being post birth, adjusted for baseline mental health and potential confounding variables.ResultsListening during pregnancy is associated with higher levels of well-being (β=0.40, SE=0.15, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.70) and reduced symptoms of postnatal depression (β=−0.39, SE=0.19, 95% CI −0.76 to −0.03) in the first 3 months post birth. However, effects disappear by 4–6 months post birth. These results appear to be particularly found among women with lower levels of well-being and high levels of depression at baseline.ConclusionsListening to music could be recommended as a way of supporting mental health and well-being in pregnant women, in particular those who demonstrate low well-being or symptoms of postnatal depression.

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“…This may reflect the increased time parents were spending with their child due to Covid-19, the importance of parents in supporting children's social-emotional needs, and/or the general centrality of the parent-child relationship for parents of young children (Borkowski et al, 2001). Music has been linked to several positive psychosocial outcomes in regard to emotions, relationships, and mood including for parents of young children (Croom, 2015;Custodero et al, 2003;Fancourt & Perkins, 2017;Hargreaves & North, 1999). Our results indicate that during a global pandemic, music continues to serve as a social and emotional tool for parents and children.…”

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Musical Engagement and Parent-Child Attachment in Families with Young Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Steinberg¹,

Liu²,

Lense³

2020

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The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of families in the United States and across the world, impacting parent mental health and stress, and in turn, the parent-child relationship. Music is a common parent-child activity and has been found to positively impact relationships, but little is known about music’s role in parent-child interactions during a pandemic. The current study utilized an online questionnaire to assess the use of music in the home of young children and their parents in the USA and Canada during Covid-19 and its relationship with parents’ affective attachment with their child. Musical activity was high for both parents and children. Parents reported using music for both emotion regulation and to socially connect with their children. Parent-child musical engagement was associated with parent-child attachment, controlling for relevant parent variables including parent distress, efficacy, education and parent-child engagement in non-musical activities. These results indicate that music may be an effective tool for building and maintaining parent-child relationships during a period of uncertainty and change.

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Associations between singing to babies and symptoms of postnatal depression, wellbeing, self-esteem and mother-infant bond

Cited by 55 publications

References 12 publications

Neurobehavioral Interpersonal Synchrony in Early Development: The Role of Interactional Rhythms

Neurobehavioral Interpersonal Synchrony in Early Development: The Role of Interactional Rhythms

Could listening to music during pregnancy be protective against postnatal depression and poor wellbeing post birth? Longitudinal associations from a preliminary prospective cohort study

Musical Engagement and Parent-Child Attachment in Families with Young Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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