From prenatal anxiety to parenting stress: a longitudinal study

Huizink, Anja C.; Menting, Barbara; Moor, Marleen H. M. de; Verhage, Marije L.; Kunseler, F.C.; Schuengel, Carlo; Oosterman, Mirjam

doi:10.1007/s00737-017-0746-5

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“…The present study's findings concur with Huizink et al. () findings: pregnancy‐specific anxiety during pregnancy predicts parenting stress, also for prospective fathers when using a modified version of the questionnaire.…”

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Does Fathers' Prenatal Mental Health Bear a Relationship to Parenting Stress at 6 Months?

Skjøthaug¹,

Smith²,

Wentzel‐Larsen³

et al. 2018

Infant Mental Health Journal

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This study aimed to explore fathers' mental health and retrospectively reported adverse childhood experiences during pregnancy, as well as various pathways predicting self-reported stress at 6 months' postpartum as assessed by the Parenting Stress Index (PSI; R.R. Abidin, ). A total of 835 fathers contributed data to the study. Data collection comprised five time points during pregnancy and one at 6 months' postpartum. The main analyses were performed using linear regression and path analyses. First, linear regression analyses showed that paternal anxiety symptoms during pregnancy predicted stress scores in the PSI child domain at 6 months (coefficient = 0.36). Second, path analyses showed that depressive symptoms during pregnancy predicted parenting stress in the child domain, mediated by spousal disharmony at 6 months' postpartum (coefficient = 0.77). Third, adverse childhood experiences scores predicted parenting stress in the child domain by two different pathways: one mediated by anxiety symptoms in pregnancy (coefficient = 0.29) and the other by depressive symptoms in pregnancy and experienced spousal disharmony at 6 months' postpartum (coefficient = 0.77). The findings suggest that fathers' symptoms of anxiety and depression during pregnancy as well as adverse childhood experiences predict paternal stress and a negative perception of their children's behavior at 6 months' postpartum.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Huizink et al. () showed that both general (trait) anxiety and pregnancy‐specific anxiety are important predictors of all aspects of parenting stress. They also suggested that a general tendency to worry may be expressed first as pregnancy‐specific anxiety during pregnancy and later as parenting stress postpartum.…”

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confidence: 99%

Does Fathers' Prenatal Mental Health Bear a Relationship to Parenting Stress at 6 Months?

Skjøthaug¹,

Smith²,

Wentzel‐Larsen³

et al. 2018

Infant Mental Health Journal

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“…Exposure to stress during pregnancy has future implications for parenthood as well as for the child's development and behavior. Huizink et al . demonstrated that anxiety during pregnancy predicts higher levels of parenting stress after delivery.…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact on pregnancy outcomes of exposure to military stress during the first or second trimester as compared with the third trimester

Gluck

Grin

Mizrachi

et al. 2019

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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O b s t e t r i c sImpact on pregnancy outcomes of exposure to military stress during the first or second trimester as compared with the third trimester Abstract Objective: To compare pregnancy outcomes after exposure to military stress in different trimesters of pregnancy. Methods: A retrospective study of medical records of deliveries in the Wolfson (WMC)and Barzilai (BMC) medical centers in Israel between July 2014 and April 2015. All parturients were exposed to military stress for 51 days during pregnancy. Pregnancy outcomes were compared between those exposed to military stress in the first or second trimester, and those exposed in the third trimester. Outcomes were also compared between WMC (a new-onset military stress exposure area) and BMC (a chronic military stress exposure area). Results:At WMC, women exposed in the first or second trimester (n=2657) had a higher rate of preterm delivery (<37 weeks) as compared with those exposed in the third trimester (n=2037; 214 [8.1%] vs 121 [5.9%]; P=0.005). At BMC, women exposed in the first or second trimester (n=2208) had a tendency toward lower rates of diabetes mellitus (P=0.055) and macrosomia [103 (4.7%) vs 84 (6.3%); P=0.037], as compared with those exposed in the third trimester (n=1337).Conclusion: Exposure to military stress during pregnancy had different impacts on pregnancy outcomes, depending on the time of exposure and whether continuous exposure to stress occurred. K E Y W O R D S

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“…When investigating how maternal attachment style may prospectively be related to parenting stress, it is also important to consider a multitude of other risk factors, such as maternal life stress, and demographic and perinatal risk factors (e.g., Matvienko-Sikar et al, 2017 ). It has been shown that maternal mental health factors, such as ante- and postpartum depression and anxiety, may prospectively predict parenting stress ( Misri et al, 2010 ; Riva Crugnola et al, 2016 ; Huizink et al, 2017 ; Rollè et al, 2017 ). However, studies have shown that multiple risk exposure, in which the cumulative effect of risk factors are considered, exceeds the adverse developmental impacts of singular exposures ( Sameroff et al, 1987 ; Trentacosta et al, 2008 ).…”

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The Multiple Determinants of Maternal Parenting Stress 12 Months After Birth: The Contribution of Antenatal Attachment Style, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Infant Temperament

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Parenting stress can influence caregiving behavior negatively, which in turn may harm children’s development. Identifying precursors of parenting stress, preferably beginning during pregnancy and throughout the first year of life, is therefore important. The present study aims to provide novel knowledge on this issue through a detailed examination of the association between maternal attachment style and later parenting stress. Moreover, we examine the role of several additional risk factors, specificially the mothers’ own adverse childhood experiences (ACE), as well as infants’ temperamental characteristics. Data from a community based longitudinal study of 1,036 Norwegian mothers, collected during pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth, were used. Results showed that attachment style in pregnancy predicted parenting stress 1 year after birth. In addition, it was demonstrated that the mothers’ own ACEs predicted postnatal parenting stress, and that attachment style operated as a mediator of this association. A significant association between perceived infant temperament and parenting stress was also found. The study illustrates the importance of understanding the multifactorial antecedents of parenting stress. The results may inform early intervention efforts aimed at supporting mothers and their partners in the potentially difficult transition period around childbirth.

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From prenatal anxiety to parenting stress: a longitudinal study

Cited by 121 publications

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Does Fathers' Prenatal Mental Health Bear a Relationship to Parenting Stress at 6 Months?

Does Fathers' Prenatal Mental Health Bear a Relationship to Parenting Stress at 6 Months?

Impact on pregnancy outcomes of exposure to military stress during the first or second trimester as compared with the third trimester

The Multiple Determinants of Maternal Parenting Stress 12 Months After Birth: The Contribution of Antenatal Attachment Style, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Infant Temperament

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