Parents' expectations and perceptions of infant temperament: “Pregnancy status” differences

Mebert, Carolyn J.; Kalinowski, Michael

doi:10.1016/0163-6383(86)90007-x

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“…Because ratings of unpredictability were stable from pregnancy to 4 months after birth, unresponsiveness developed in the context of a negative maternal perception. Mebert and Kalinowsky (1986) recently have replicated the major findings described above. In a group of middle-class parents who completed the Bates' ICQ, they found substantial stability of parents' perceptions of infant temperament from the first to the third trimester of pregnancy and moderate stability from pregnancy to 3 months postpartum.…”

Section: Parents Working Models Of Their Infantssupporting

confidence: 77%

Subjectivity in parent-infant relationships: A discussion of internal working models

Zeanah

Anders

1987

Infant Ment. Health J.

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Bowlby (1969/1982, 1973, 1980) has proposed that internal working models of self and other are psychic structures that guide an individual's subjective experience of and responses to others in important relationships. They are termed “working” models because they are believed to be dynamic mental representations that are modifiable, although they are presumed to become more resistant to change after the early years. This paper reviews Bowlby's construct of internal working models, including some recent empirical evidence usefully explained by the construct. The authors apply the construct of working models to parents' subjective experiences of their infants and review some preliminary evidence that suggests that parental working models of their infants are present even prior to the infants' birth and influence the parents' perception and interpretation of the infants' characteristics and behaviors. The authors then consider the development of infants' working models of self and other in the context of parental attributions. They conclude that subjectivity in parent‐infant relationships is an exciting and promising area for investigation, although, at present, future progress is limited by problems of measurement. A brief discussion of directions for future research is included.

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Section: Parents Working Models Of Their Infantssupporting

confidence: 77%

Subjectivity in parent-infant relationships: A discussion of internal working models

Zeanah

Anders

1987

Infant Ment. Health J.

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“…For most parents of high-risk infants, the initial trauma associated with the birth and discovery of the problem violates their expectations for a healthy infant. Considerable research (Benoit, Parker, & Zeanah, 1997;Mebert, 1989;Mebert & Kalinosky, 1986;Zeanah, Zeanah, & Stewart, 1990) has documented that a hospitalized infant is not what parents had anticipated. The joyful expectations that parents visualized during pregnancy come to a sudden halt when the baby is born with medical problems.…”

Section: Bambino Gesù Children's Hospitalmentioning

confidence: 96%

A challenging intervention with maternal anxiety: Babies requiring surgical correction of a congenital anomaly after missed prenatal diagnosis

Aite

Trucchi

Nahom

et al. 2003

Infant Mental Health Journal

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The objective of this study is to assess the impact on maternal anxiety of a short-term intervention in a particularly stressful situation, such as a surgical anomaly diagnosed only at birth after repeated negative prenatal ultrasounds. The patients were 30 mothers of babies requiring surgical correction of a congenital anomaly who were randomly assigned to an intervention (N ϭ 16) or control (N ϭ 14) group. The intervention group received standard care plus short-term intervention that included weekly meetings with the psychologist and weekly team meetings. The control group received only standard care available on the Neonatal Surgery Unit. The main outcome measure was maternal anxiety levels, assessed at birth and on discharge with the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S). Statistical comparisons were made, and no significant differences were found at birth in the STAI-S scores of the two groups. At discharge, the intervention group exhibited a much lower STAI-S score than the group without short-term intervention. The authors concluded that psychological counseling for parents of newborn babies has been shown to be helpful. However, the impact of such assistance was shown to be particularly beneficial for parents facing the emotional stress of their children requiring unexpected surgical corrections of congenital anomalies at birth. Therefore, the presence of a psychologist, as part of the standard care of newborns requiring surgical correction, is recommended.RESUMEN: El objetivo de este estudio es el de evaluar el impacto que sobre la ansiedad materna tiene una intervención a corto plazo, en una situación particular de tensión, tal como el diagnóstico de una anomalía quirúrgica al momento del nacimiento, después de repetidos ultrasonidos prenatales negativos. Los pacientes fueron 30 madres de infantes que requerían una corrección quirúrgica de una anomalía congénita. Dichas madres fueron asignadas al azar a los grupos de intervención (A ϭ 16 pacientes), o de control (Bϭ 16 pacientes). El grupo de intervención recibió el cuidado corriente más una intervención a corto plazo que incluía reuniones semanales con el sicólogo, así como reuniones semanales de equipo. El grupo de control sólo recibió el cuidado corriente disponible dentro de la Unidad de Cirugía Neonatal. La principal medida de resultado fueron los niveles de ansiedad materna evaluados al momento del nacimiento y al momento de darles de alta, con el Inventario Spielberger sobre el estado de los rasgos de la ansiedad (STAI-S). Entre los dos grupos se llevaron a cabo comparaciones estadísticas. No se Direct correspondence to: Dr. Pietro Bagolan, Department of Neonatal Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy; e-mail: bagolan@opbg.net. • L. Aite et al.encontraron diferencias significativas al momento del nacimiento en cuanto a los puntajes de STAI-S, en ninguno de los grupos. Al momento de darles de alta, el grupo de intervención presentó un puntaje más bajo en el STAI-S que el grupo que ...

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“…Prior to the birth of a child, parents have formed expectations of infant behavior and caretaking that are remarkably stable over time and that each contribute significantly to postpartum ratings of children (Mebert & Kalinowski, 1986). In turn, these expectations can influence parents' perceptions of and responses to their children's behaviors (Kiang et al, 2004).…”

Section: Perceptions Of Child Temperamentmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…To assess expectations for infant temperament, mothers and fathers completed a modified version of the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ; Bates et al, 1979). Specifically, Mebert and Kalinowski (1986) adapted items in the ICQ to probe for anticipated-rather than perceived-temperament. Like the traditional ICQ, the modified version yields four subscales indexing dimensions of temperament, anchored by negative poles: fussy, unadaptable, unpredictable, and dull.…”

Section: Time 1: Third Trimester Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Autobiographical memories of childhood and sources of subjectivity in parents’ perceptions of infant temperament

Manczak

Mangelsdorf²,

McAdams

et al. 2016

Infant Behavior and Development

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Parents' expectations and perceptions of infant temperament: “Pregnancy status” differences

Cited by 34 publications

References 21 publications

Subjectivity in parent-infant relationships: A discussion of internal working models

Subjectivity in parent-infant relationships: A discussion of internal working models

A challenging intervention with maternal anxiety: Babies requiring surgical correction of a congenital anomaly after missed prenatal diagnosis

Autobiographical memories of childhood and sources of subjectivity in parents’ perceptions of infant temperament

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