The Role of Maternal Self-efficacy in the Link Between Childhood Maltreatment and Maternal Stress During Transition to Motherhood

Bentley, Gabriella; Zamir, Osnat

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“…The results showed that parental depression was positively associated with parenting stress, which was consistent with previous studies ( 56 ). Individuals with depression may have less self-efficacy ( 57 ), which may contribute to high levels of parenting stress. The results also showed that parental depression was positively associated with child maltreatment, which was consistent with previous studies ( 58 , 59 ).…”

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“…Additionally, the results showed that parenting stress and child maltreatment progressively mediated the relationships between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems, which suggested that parental depression influenced child internalizing and externalizing problems via the combination of parenting stress and child maltreatment. Individuals with depression may have low levels of self-efficacy ( 57 ) and attention biases in negative information ( 29 ), which may contribute to high levels of parenting stress, and these high levels of parenting stress may increase the risk of child maltreatment, which, in turn, contributes to high levels of child internalizing and externalizing problems. The results confirm the assumptions offered by the model of depressed mothers and maladaptation of children and those proposed by the family system theory, and raises the importance of exploring parental depression.…”

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The relationship between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems: The roles of parenting stress and child maltreatment

Chen

2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionAlthough the relationships between parental mental health and child internalizing and externalizing problems have been explored by previous studies, the pathways between these two variables need further exploration. The present study aims to explore the relationships between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems and to examine the roles of parenting stress and child maltreatment in those relationships within the Chinese cultural context.MethodData were collected from 855 Chinese families with preschool-aged children, and mediation analysis was used to examine the pathways between these variables.ResultsThe results show that parental depression is positively associated with child internalizing and externalizing problems, and child maltreatment and the combination of parenting stress and child maltreatment mediated the relationships between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems, respectively. These findings suggest that parental depression not only has a direct effect on child internalizing and externalizing problems but also has an indirect effect via parenting stress and child maltreatment.DiscussionDecreasing the levels of parenting stress and child maltreatment should be applied in interventions to break the relationships between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems within the Chinese cultural context.

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The relationship between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems: The roles of parenting stress and child maltreatment

Chen

2023

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“…Women enter motherhood with various personal histories of development and many intrapersonal enduring characteristics primarily as a result of their developmental histories (Belsky, 1984). Such histories and characteristics, albeit as relatively distal factors, considerably affect maternal adaptation to the transition to parenthood as well as their early parenting processes (e.g., Barrett & Fleming, 2011; Belsky & Jaffee, 2006; Bentley & Zamir, 2021; Christie et al, 2017; Kerr & Capaldi, 2019; Savage et al, 2019; Yıldız Inanıcı et al, 2021). Due to the focus of our review, we particularly emphasize the key implications of mothers’ own experiences of early emotion-related parenting, especially in distress contexts, in their families of origin for the formation and development of maternal self-regulatory capacities and adult attachment style/representations.…”

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Origins and development of maternal self-efficacy in emotion-related parenting during the transition to parenthood: Toward an integrative process framework beyond Bandura’s model.

Cao¹,

Leerkes²,

Zhou³

2023

Psychological Review

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For new mothers, coping with infant distress is challenging. Mothers' self-efficacy in emotion-related parenting plays critical roles in shaping their adaptation and children's development. Research on antecedents of maternal parenting self-efficacy has been predominantly based on the global self-efficacy theory outlined by Bandura in the 1970s. Despite the utility of Bandura's theory, subsequent research on emotion-related parenting has highlighted avenues for extending and adapting his model to more adequately elucidate the cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes underlying the development of maternal emotion-related parenting self-efficacy. In view of the basic and applied value of a clearer account of how new mothers' emotion-related parenting self-efficacy emerges and evolves, the increasing amount of research on this topic, and the absence of syntheses of extant studies, we reviewed relevant literature. First, constructs and propositions in prevailing theoretical perspectives are examined for their utility to elucidate the development of new mothers' emotion-related parenting self-efficacy, particularly the implicated cognitive, affective, and behavioral mechanisms and how they work together. Second, a framework is outlined that integrates strengths of various theories to delineate processes underlying the emergence and evolution of new mothers' emotion-related parenting self-efficacy. Third, findings across disparate studies are summarized to provide a foundation for the offered framework. To better inform future research, we demonstrated how to build testable mid-range models with substantive constructs and hypotheses from the proposed framework through deductive theorizing process. We also evaluated the utility of the proposed model for studying new fathers. Last, implications for future research and practice are discussed.

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“…The transition to motherhood is an important developmental milestone in many women’s lives ( 1 ). Many pregnant women report that they are more aware of judgement from others and experience a burden of complying with very limited understandings of motherhood, which can adversely affect their mental health ( 2 ).…”

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Art-based interventions for women’s mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Qian

Sun²,

Wang³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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ObjectivePregnant and postpartum women are vulnerable to psychological problems with a high estimated prevalence. To date, there is no meta-analysis that specifically assesses the effectiveness of art-based interventions to improve mental health in pregnant and postpartum women. The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of art-based interventions when delivered to pregnant and postpartum women.MethodsSystematic literature searches were conducted from the inception to 6 March 2022 in seven English databases, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register, CINAHL, ProQuest, Scopus, and Web of Science. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) reporting art-based interventions targeting the improvement of women’s mental health in pregnancy and postpartum were included. Cochrane risk of bias tool was applied to assess evidence quality.ResultsTwenty-one randomised controlled trials (RCTs) involving 2,815 participants were eligible for data analysis. A pooled analysis demonstrated that art-based interventions significantly reduced anxiety (SMD = −0.75, 95% CI = −1.10 to −0.40) and depression symptoms (MD = −0.79, 95% CI = −1.30 to −0.28). However, art-based interventions did not alleviate stress symptoms as expected in our findings. Subgroup analysis demonstrated that intervention implementation time, intervention duration and music selected by the participants vs. not could have influence on the efficacy of art-based intervention for anxiety.ConclusionIn perinatal mental health, art-based interventions may be effective in alleviating anxiety and depression. In the future, we still need to conduct high-quality RCTs to validate our findings and enrich clinical application of art-based interventions.

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The Role of Maternal Self-efficacy in the Link Between Childhood Maltreatment and Maternal Stress During Transition to Motherhood

Cited by 6 publications

References 89 publications

The relationship between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems: The roles of parenting stress and child maltreatment

The relationship between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems: The roles of parenting stress and child maltreatment

Origins and development of maternal self-efficacy in emotion-related parenting during the transition to parenthood: Toward an integrative process framework beyond Bandura’s model.

Art-based interventions for women’s mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

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