Maternal personality disorder symptoms in primary health care: associations with mother–toddler interactions at one-year follow-up

Høivik, Magnhild Singstad; Lydersen, Stian; Ranøyen, Ingunn; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne

doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1789-5

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“…Disordered personality traits have similarly been reported to be associated with mother-child interaction deficits in cross-sectional studies with toddlers [50] and older children [51]. Given that accumulating evidence is suggesting an association between disordered personality traits in mothers and child outcomes [30,31], maternal sensitivity could potentially be a modifiable target for interventions, as maternal sensitivity during early infancy predicts mother-child attachment formation, which is known to influence later child outcomes [52].…”

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Maternal personality traits, antenatal depressive symptoms and the postpartum mother–infant relationship: a prospective observational study

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Pearson

Moran

et al. 2019

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Purpose Maternal depression has been associated with bonding difficulties and lower maternal sensitivity in observed mother-infant interactions. However, little research has examined the impact of disordered personality traits in mothers on these outcomes. We investigated the association between disordered personality traits in mothers measured during pregnancy and postnatal (a) self-reported bonding with infant; (b) observational mother-infant interactions. Methods Five hundred fifty-six women were recruited during early pregnancy and subsequently followed up at mid-pregnancy (approximately 28 weeks' gestation) and when infants were aged approximately 3 months (n = 459). During early pregnancy, data were collected on disordered personality traits (using the Standardised Assessment of Personality Abbreviated Scale) and depressive symptoms (using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale). At 3 months postpartum, self-reported perceived bonding (using the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire) were collected. A sub-sample of women additionally provided observational mother-infant interaction data (n = 206) (coded using the Child-Adult Relationship Experimental Index). Results Higher disordered personality traits was not associated with maternal perceptions of bonding impairment, but was associated with reduced maternal sensitivity during observational mother-infant interactions [adjusted for age, education, having older children, substance misuse prior to pregnancy, infant sex and gestational age: coefficient = − 0.28, 95% CI = − 0.56 to − 0.00, p < 0.05]. After adjusting for depressive symptoms, the association was attenuated [coefficient = − 0.19, 95% CI = − 0.48 to 0.11, p = 0.217]. Conclusions Mothers with disordered personality traits did not perceive themselves as having bonding impairments with their infants but were less sensitive during observed interactions, though depressive symptoms attenuated this relationship. Both depression and disordered personality traits need to be addressed to optimize mother-infant interactions.

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Maternal personality traits, antenatal depressive symptoms and the postpartum mother–infant relationship: a prospective observational study

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Moran

et al. 2019

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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“…The pervasive functional impairments in emotion regulation, interpersonal relationships, identity disturbance, and behavioral control associated with BPD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) are recognized as having a substantial impact on family organization and functioning (Feldman et al, 1995) and poor developmental outcomes for children of parents with BPD (Stepp, 2012). As such, there is increasing interest in the impact of maternal BPD on parenting, with studies identifying a number of parenting challenges, such as diminished sensitivity, augmented overprotectiveness, and increased hostility (e.g., Apter et al, 2017;Eyden et al, 2016;Høivik et al, 2018;Kiel et al, 2017).…”

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Parenting knowledge and parenting self-efficacy of mothers with borderline personality disorder and depression: “I know what to do but think I am not doing it”

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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health condition often associated with previous childhood adversity including maladaptive parenting. When becoming a parent themselves, mothers with BPD have difficulties with various parenting cognitions and practices, but unknown is whether they have appropriate knowledge of sensitive parenting. This study explored whether differences in parenting knowledge or self-efficacy are specific to BPD or also found in mothers with depression, and whether symptom severity or specific diagnosis better explain parenting perceptions. Mothers with BPD (n = 26), depression (n = 25) or HCs (n = 25) completed a Q-sort parenting knowledge task and a parenting self-efficacy questionnaire. Results showed mothers with BPD had the same knowledge of sensitive parenting behaviors as mothers with depression and healthy mothers. Self-reported parenting self-efficacy was lower in mothers with BPD and depression compared with healthy mothers, with symptom severity most strongly associated. A significant but low correlation was found between parenting self-efficacy and knowledge. Findings suggest that mothers with BPD and depression know what good parenting is but think they are not parenting well. Mental health difficulties are not associated with parenting knowledge, but symptom severity appears to be a common pathway to lower parenting self-efficacy. Future interventions should test whether reduction of symptom severity or positive parenting feedback could improve parenting self-efficacy.

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“…Previous studies suggested that maternal personality traits may influence child sleep, although the effect of maternal dysfunctional personality traits on child sleep is not well known [ 14 , 15 ]. However, some studies have reported dysregulation in mother-child interactions due to maternal personality traits, and a link between dyadic interaction and child sleep at night was found [ 16 , 17 ]. Hence, the effect of maternal dysfunctional personality traits on child sleep should be investigated further.…”

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Association between Maternal Personality Traits and Children's Sleep Disturbance: A Population-based Cohort Study in Republic of Korea

Kwak,

2023

Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci

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Objective Sleep affects the development and severity of psychiatric symptoms in children, and maternal personality traits may influence children’s sleep. We aimed to confirm the longitudinal effect of maternal personality traits on children’s sleep disturbance using cohort data from the Panel Study on Korean Children. Methods Maternal personality traits were assessed using the Personality Assessment Inventory in 2009, and the sleep disturbance of children was assessed using parent survey data from 2010 to 2014 (2nd−6th waves). Among the 11 clinical scales of the Personality Assessment Inventory, the 5 scales that showed the most significant correlations were analyzed. Presence or absence of child sleep disturbance was evaluated with a chi-square test, and the effect of the Personality Assessment Inventory was assessed by a binary logistic regression analysis with child sleep disturbance as the dependent variable. Results Of the 171 mother-child dyads, 92 were classified into the sleep disturbance group and 79 were classified into the normal sleep group. Maternal somatic concerns showed a significant relationship with children’s sleep disturbance at years 2 and 3. Maternal borderline features demonstrated a significant relationship with children’s sleep disturbance from years 2 to 5. The binary logistic regression analysis revealed a significant association between high borderline features and children’s sleep disturbance at years 2 and 3. Conclusion High maternal borderline features evaluated at child age 1 were related to sleep disturbance in early childhood. In assessing a children’s sleep problems, it may be important to examine mothers’ dysfunctional personality traits.

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Maternal personality disorder symptoms in primary health care: associations with mother–toddler interactions at one-year follow-up

Cited by 6 publications

References 79 publications

Maternal personality traits, antenatal depressive symptoms and the postpartum mother–infant relationship: a prospective observational study

Maternal personality traits, antenatal depressive symptoms and the postpartum mother–infant relationship: a prospective observational study

Parenting knowledge and parenting self-efficacy of mothers with borderline personality disorder and depression: “I know what to do but think I am not doing it”

Association between Maternal Personality Traits and Children's Sleep Disturbance: A Population-based Cohort Study in Republic of Korea

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