Factors related to parenting confidence among pregnant women experiencing intimate partner violence.

Abstract

Objective: Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is associated with perinatal health problems and postpartum psychopathology. Prenatal IPV is also detrimental to a mother’s perceptions of her unborn child, which may impact early parenting skills and contribute to negative effects on infant development. This study explored factors associated with parenting confidence among IPV-exposed pregnant women. Method: Participants included 137 women who experienced IPV during pregnancy (Mage = 27.3 years; 66.9% African American/Black). Hierarchical linear regression modeling was used to examine factors that may be related to parenting confidence, with number of children and number of pregnancy complications entered in Model 1, adverse childhood experiences and IPV severity added in Model 2, and depressive symptoms and resilience added in Model 3. Results: All models were significant, with the final model accounting for 23.2% of the variance in parenting confidence, F(6, 130) = 6.53, p < .001, R2 = .23. In this model, having other children (β = .18, p = .023), fewer pregnancy complications (β = −.19, p = .019), and higher resilience (β = .33, p < .001) were associated with higher parenting confidence. Conclusions: Results suggest that intervention strategies that promote resilience and address pregnant women’s health concerns may facilitate greater parenting confidence among IPV-exposed pregnant women.

Examining the efficacy of prenatal intervention in reducing IPV revictimization and improving maternal mental health: A quasirandomized controlled trial of the Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program (PMEP).

“…Six other articles have been published from the current data set. Five are cross-sectional analyses examining associations in the data at pretest (T1; Gilliam et al, in press; Hasselle et al, in press; Howell et al, 2021; Napier et al, in press) and one includes some data from the control group at T1/T3 in the context of a broader integrative data analysis (Paulson et al, 2023). None of the previously published studies have conceptual overlap with the present study.…”

“…Six other articles have been published from the current data set. Five are cross-sectional analyses examining associations in the data at pretest (T1;Gilliam et al, in press; Hasselle et al, in press;Howell et al, 2021; Napier et al, in press…”

Evaluating the effects of prenatal intervention on parenting in women exposed to intimate partner violence.

“…Indeed, research shows that poor mental health following IPV is related to lower parenting confidence (Berthelot et al, 2020). Notably, resilience after IPV is linked to greater parenting confidence (Howell et al, 2021), which suggests that interventions aimed at increasing mothers' feelings of comfort and confidence around parenting may be of central importance with this population.…”