“Neglected moms” - The implications of emotional neglect in childhood for the transition to motherhood

Talmon, Anat; Horovitz, Michal; Shabat, Nitzan; Haramati, Orna Shechter; Ginzburg, Karni

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.12.021

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“…27 This similarity and prediction validity of the PAPP for PPD confirms the studies that reported the relationship between women's adjustment to motherhood and PPD. 28,29 The acceptable level of the load factors of perceived social support, husband's emotional response to pregnancy, and marital relationships were in line with the results of other studies, indicating the importance of social and emotional support provided by husband in women's mental health. 30,31 Furthermore, a reverse relationship between perceived social support and PPD has been reported.…”

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confidence: 85%

Psychometric properties of psychosocial dimensions associated with postpartum depression

Ghaedrahmati

Kazemi

Kheirabadi

et al. 2021

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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Aim: The aim of the study was psychometric properties of a questionnaire for assessing psychosocial dimensions associated with postpartum depression (PAPP). Methods: Initial form of the questionnaire for assessing PAPP was developed based on the results of a qualitative study. Principal component analysis was used to determine the construct validity, as well as Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. Construct validity, predictability of the questionnaire, and confirmatory factor analysis were evaluated in a longitudinal study on 303 pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Also, using Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, the level of depression was evaluated 6 weeks after childbirth. Results: Exploratory factor analysis led to a 47-item questionnaire with five dimensions and confirmed that five factors determined 42.31% variance. Cronbach's alpha was 0.851 for the total score of questionnaire and for the factors, ranged from 0.84 to 0.92. ICC of total was 0.92 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.69-0.93). Analyzing the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the 47 items questionnaire had a good construct validity (CMIN/DF = 2.01, p = 0.122). The level of the PAPP in women suffered from postpartum depression was higher than women without postpartum depression (odds ratio = 1.01, 95% CI: 1.01-1.02, p = 0.001). A cut-off score of 42 provided the best sensitivity (0.75) and specificity (0.50) for PAPP. Conclusion:The psychometric properties of the PAPP showed an appropriate validity and reliability, and it may applicable to predict of at risk pregnant women for postpartum depression who seeking antenatal care services.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Psychometric properties of psychosocial dimensions associated with postpartum depression

Ghaedrahmati

Kazemi

Kheirabadi

et al. 2021

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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confidence: 76%

“…Early-life trauma comprises of EA, PA, SA, EN, and PN [ 57 ]. EN is a type of abuse in which a parent withholds love or nurture from their child [ 58 ], which influence resilience in childhood [ 56 ] and adulthood [ 59 ]. The results of this study broadened our knowledge of early-adulthood resilience by demonstrating that childhood EN has a significant long-term predictive effect on early-adulthood resilience (Hypothesis 1: long-term psychosocial vulnerabilities, i.e., early-life trauma may have remote effects on early-adulthood resilience).…”

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confidence: 99%

Remote and adjacent psychological predictors of early-adulthood resilience: Role of early-life trauma, extraversion, life-events, depression, and social-support

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Resilience is important for people to maintain mental health after negative life-events. However, its longitudinal psychological and social predictors are poorly revealed. Based on the ecological system theory model, the current study aimed to determine the longitudinal temporal mechanism underlying the development of early-adulthood resilience using long-term (early-life trauma and personality), medium-term and short-term (life-events, social support, and depression) psychosocial predictors. A total of 505 university students were recruited at baseline (T1), 433 of whom took part in a three-year longitudinal investigation (T2). The results showed that at T1 and T2, the resilience scores of individuals were identically high (72.98 and 73.21, respectively). Pearson correlation analysis showed that early-adulthood resilience was negatively correlated with early-life trauma, psychoticism and neuroticism, depression, ad life-events, and positively correlated with extraversion, social-support, and resilience. Regression and structural equation models showed that extraversion had a direct positive effect on T1 resilience through the mediation of T1 life-events, depression, and social-support, while childhood emotional neglect (EN) had indirect negative effect and extraversion had direct positive effect on T2 resilience through the mediation of T1 resilience, and T2 depression and social-support. In conclusion, this study is among the first to reveal the longitudinal temporal process of the development of early-adulthood resilience using remote and adjacent psychosocial predictors. The findings confirm that childhood EN and extraversion have a remote impact on early-adulthood resilience through recent and current depression and social-support. Our results imply that early-life trauma does not hinder the development of early-adulthood resilience in a linear trend.

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“…Similarly, but in the postpartum period, a recent study found that emotional neglect was positively associated with mother-child bonding difficulties. The authors suggested that growing up in a neglected environment, which is characterized by a sense of invisibility and an impaired sense of subjectivity, may manifest in an incorrect and inadequate sense of self, and may lead to a low sense of maternal self-sufficiency (Talmon et al, 2019). The transitioning to parenthood brings out many feelings and activates past experiences.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is maternal exposure to childhood trauma associated with maternal-fetal attachment?

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Adults with childhood maltreatment history can face a difficult experience in transitioning to parenthood. Women with a history of emotional neglect in childhood tend to experience problematic attachment. The study's aim was to evaluate the relationship between childhood trauma and maternal-fetal attachment in pregnant women in a population-based study in Southern Brazil. This is a longitudinal study with pregnant women who were interviewed in two moments: before 24-weeks of pregnancy and 60 days after the first interview. We used the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and the Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale. The mean of maternal-fetal attachment in the general sample was 99.8 (± 10.8). The mean of emotional neglect was 8.9 (± 4.7); physical neglect 6.7 (± 2.8); sexual abuse 5.9 (± 3.0); physical abuse 6.8 (± 3.1) and emotional abuse 8.0 (± 4.1). After adjusted analysis, we found that pregnant women who suffered emotional neglect had 0.4 points less on the average on the maternal-fetal attachment, β = -0.4, CI 95% [-0.6, -0.2], and pregnant women who suffered emotional abuse had 0.2 points less on the average on the maternal-fetal attachment, β = -0.2, CI 95% [-0.5, -0.0]. Only emotional neglect and emotional abuse were associated with maternal-fetal attachment. This study showed that a history of childhood trauma can have a negative impact during the prenatal period, and can impair maternal-fetal attachment. The data found can assist health professionals in identifying factors that can protect and contribute to pregnant women who were victims of childhood trauma to face the transition to parenthood in the best possible way.

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“Neglected moms” - The implications of emotional neglect in childhood for the transition to motherhood

Cited by 33 publications

References 45 publications

Psychometric properties of psychosocial dimensions associated with postpartum depression

Psychometric properties of psychosocial dimensions associated with postpartum depression

Remote and adjacent psychological predictors of early-adulthood resilience: Role of early-life trauma, extraversion, life-events, depression, and social-support

Is maternal exposure to childhood trauma associated with maternal-fetal attachment?

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