Preconception Motivation and Pregnancy Wantedness: Pathways to Toddler Attachment Security

Miller, Warren B.; Sable, Marjorie R.; Beckmeyer, Jonathon J.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00662.x

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“…In Louisiana alone, 58 % of all pregnancies are unintended-72 % of those are mistimed, and 28 % are unwanted [5]. Younger (aged [18][19][20][21][22][23][24], unmarried (particularly cohabiting), low-income, minority women and women who have not completed high school are more likely to have an unintended pregnancy [6].…”

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Pregnancy Intention and Post-partum Depressive Affect in Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

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Dunaway

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Matern Child Health J

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This study supports existing research demonstrating the association between pregnancy intention and PPDs. This study contributes to the limited information on the role that partner pregnancy intention plays on maternal mental health outcomes, however further discussion is needed on the impact of this role across races. Findings can be used in programs aiming to reduce adverse mental health outcomes among high-risk mothers.

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“…While the relationship between pregnancy intention and infant health outcomes has been well documented, few studies address the impact of unintended pregnancies on maternal physical and mental health, such as postpartum depression (PPD) [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

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Pregnancy Intention and Post-partum Depressive Affect in Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

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Dunaway

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Matern Child Health J

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“…Unintended pregnancy has been associated with mothers’ postpartum depression and anxiety and children’s poor health outcomes (reviewed in Gipson, Koenig, & Hindin, 2008). Unwanted childbearing has been found to predict mothers’ postpartum depression and parenting stress (Miller, Sable, & Beckmeyer, 2009), mothers’ harsh and negligent parenting (Barber, Axinn, & Thornton, 1999), and children’s behavioral and socioemotional problems (Barber & East, 2011). …”

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Adolescents' Pregnancy Intentions, Wantedness, and Regret: Cross‐Lagged Relations With Mental Health and Harsh Parenting

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Chien

Barber

2012

J of Marriage and Family

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The authors used cross-lagged analyses to examine the across-time influences on and consequences of adolescents’ pregnancy intentions, wantedness, and regret. One hundred pregnant Latina adolescents were studied during pregnancy and at 6 and 12 months postpartum. The results revealed 4 main findings: (a) similar to what has been found in adult women, adolescents’ lower prenatal pregnancy intendedness and wantedness predicted initial difficulties in parenting; (b) frequent depression symptoms predicted subsequent lower pregnancy intendedness and wantedness; (c) adolescents’ poor mental health and harsh parenting of their child predicted subsequent higher childbearing regret, and (d) high childbearing regret and parenting stress were reciprocally related across time. In addition, adolescents’ wantedness of their pregnancy declined prenatally to postbirth, and strong pregnancy intendedness and wantedness were not concurrently related to adolescents’ poor prenatal mental health. The findings reveal how adolescents’ thoughts and feelings about their pregnancies are influenced by and predictive of their mental health and parenting experiences.

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“…Nevertheless, there are broader models for mothers (for attachment, see e.g. Miller, Sable, & Beckmeyer, 2009; for parental self-efficacy (PSE), see e.g. Suzuki, 2010) even though it is unclear whether and how far they can be generalized to fathers.…”

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What relates to paternal feelings and competencies? A structural equation model

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In the present study, we integrated cross-sectional findings on the relation of early paternal feelings and competencies against the background of a theoretical model on determinants of parenting in a sample of 104 socially disadvantaged firsttime parents at 6 months postpartum. Participants reported about mental health characteristics, partnership satisfaction, parental self-efficacy, and attachment feelings. Results indicate a reasonable fit of the proposed model, with interrelations between maternal mental health, paternal partnership satisfaction, and mental health. Furthermore, fathers' partnership satisfaction positively correlates with paternal feelings and competencies.Our results underline the role of fathers' partnership satisfaction and mental health for his parenting competencies at 6 months postpartum. The study represents a useful starting point for future longitudinal research on fathering and the unique father-infant relation of fathers within the first year postpartum.

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Preconception Motivation and Pregnancy Wantedness: Pathways to Toddler Attachment Security

Cited by 23 publications

References 42 publications

Pregnancy Intention and Post-partum Depressive Affect in Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

Pregnancy Intention and Post-partum Depressive Affect in Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

Adolescents' Pregnancy Intentions, Wantedness, and Regret: Cross‐Lagged Relations With Mental Health and Harsh Parenting

What relates to paternal feelings and competencies? A structural equation model

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