The relationship between maternal self-esteem, maternal competence, infant temperament and post-partum blues

Brief Online Self-help Exercises for Postnatal Women to Improve Mood: A Pilot Study

“…Many more women may experience subthreshold symptoms of depression or anxiety, rendering them ineligible for treatment. [3] Negative affect after birth can be detrimental to both mother and infant. For example, depression is associated with long-term adverse physical and psychological outcomes in offspring, including developmental delays and behaviour problems [4,5] ; similar findings have been reported for perinatal anxiety [6] .…”

A guided feeding intervention for mothers of preterm infants: Two case studies

“…However, feeding a preterm infant is different (Udall, ). Research has shown that soon after discharge, mothers have questioned their competence in feeding (Denis, Ponsin, & Callahan, ), and years after discharge mothers are still experiencing problems with feeding (Samara, Johnson, Lamberts, Marlow, & Wolke, ). Nurses are in a prime position to increase mothers’ competence in feeding by developing innovative methods that can be used to support mothers in learning about infant feeding and infant feeding behaviors.…”

The effect of preterm birth on infant negative affect and maternal postpartum depressive symptoms: A preliminary examination in an underrepresented minority sample

“…Infants born premature are more likely than full-term infants to have a difficult temperament, including higher levels of negative arousal (Klein, Gaspardo, Martinez, Grunau, & Linhares, 2009) and negative affect (Hughes et al, 2002), and display less adaptability and more distractibility (Hughes et al, 2002). Research has largely relied on maternal report of infant temperament, and has found that in comparison to mothers of full-term infants, mothers of preterm infants reported their infant to have a more difficult temperament (Denis, Ponsin, & Callahan, 2012). However, similar to the literature on the relation between preterm birth and postpartum depressive symptoms, most studies examining the relation between preterm birth and infant negative affect (e.g., infant temperament) have been limited to predominately white, middle class samples.…”