Maternal insecurity and failure to thrive in Asian children.

Fenton, Tanis R.; Bhat, Ravindra; Davies, Aled; West, R

doi:10.1136/adc.64.3.369

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“…tional, social, and cognitive growth (Barnett, Schaafsma, Guzman, & Parker, 1991;Downey & Coyne, 1990;Fenton, Bhat, Davies, & West, 1989;Field, 1994;Ponirakis, Susman, & Stifter, 1998;Weinberg & Tronick, 1998). The quality of the mother-infant relationship is one of the main predictors of the infant's well-being and development (Bee et al, 1982;Cohen & Parmelee, 1983;Lyons-Ruth, Alpen, & Repacoli, 1993;Muny & Hornbaker, 1997).…”

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Delivery Pain and the Development of Mother—Infant Interaction

Ferber

Feldman

2005

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This study examined delivery pain as a possible risk factor for the development of mother-infant interaction. Eighty-one mothers completed the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. A retrospective evaluation of labor pain was performed using the Visual Analog Scale at 2 days postpartum. Six weeks after birth the mothers were visited at home, completed measures of anxiety and depression, and were observed during a free play session with the infant. The mother's tendency to catastrophize pain predicted lower levels of mother-infant reciprocity at 6 weeks, controlling for maternal age, education, parity, epidural analgesia, pain perception, anxiety, and depression. Trait anxiety was related to lower maternal sensitivity. The mother's tendency to catastrophize pain was discussed in relation to the personality trait of exaggerated emotional perception of pain and its potential interference with the formation of the mother-infant relationship.The newborn's optimal development depends on accessible and consistently sensitive mothering that provides regular contact, security, and age-appropriate stimulation (Bowlby, 1971; Brazelton & Cramer, 1990). Factors that may impede on the mother's capacity to provide attuned parenting pose a risk to the infant's emo-

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