Intergenerational transmission of maternal prenatal anxiety to infant fearfulness: the mediating role of mother-infant bonding.

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY Archives of Women's Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI:10.1007/s00737-024-01475-9

Sofie Rousseau, Danielle Katz, Avital Schussheim, Tahl I Frenkel

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Purpose: This study is the first to directly investigate the mechanistic role of maternal bonding toward her infant in the early intergenerational pathway of risk from maternal anxiety to infant fearfulness.

Methods: Mothers (N = 216; M_age=32.78) reported on their anxiety and bonding at four time-points between pregnancy and ten-months postpartum. At four and ten-months postpartum, infant temperamental precursors of anxiety were assessed through maternal report and observation.

Results: Cross-lagged longitudinal path modeling indicated a significant link between prenatal maternal anxiety and infant temperamental fearful withdrawal at 10-months postpartum (R² = 0.117), which was fully explained by decreased maternal bonding at one-month postpartum and increased infant temperamental negative reactivity at 4-months postpartum.

Conclusion: Results support the need to foster maternal bonding in preventive perinatal care, particularly in the context of maternal anxiety.

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母亲产前焦虑对婴儿恐惧感的代际传递：母婴亲情的中介作用。

目的：本研究首次直接探讨了母亲与婴儿的亲子关系在从母亲焦虑到婴儿恐惧的早期代际风险途径中的机制作用：母亲（人数=216；年龄=32.78）在怀孕至产后十个月的四个时间点报告了她们的焦虑和亲子关系。在产后四个月和十个月时，通过母亲的报告和观察对婴儿焦虑的脾气前兆进行评估：交叉滞后纵向路径建模表明，产前母亲焦虑与产后10个月时婴儿脾气的恐惧退缩之间存在显著联系（R2 = 0.117），而产后1个月时母亲亲子关系的减少和产后4个月时婴儿脾气的消极反应性的增加可以完全解释这一联系：结论：研究结果表明，在围产期预防性护理中，尤其是在产妇焦虑的情况下，有必要培养产妇的亲子关系。

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Archives of Women's Mental Health 医学-精神病学

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8.00

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4.40%

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Archives of Women’s Mental Health is the official journal of the International Association for Women''s Mental Health, Marcé Society and the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology (NASPOG). The exchange of knowledge between psychiatrists and obstetrician-gynecologists is one of the major aims of the journal. Its international scope includes psychodynamics, social and biological aspects of all psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders in women. The editors especially welcome interdisciplinary studies, focussing on the interface between psychiatry, psychosomatics, obstetrics and gynecology. Archives of Women’s Mental Health publishes rigorously reviewed research papers, short communications, case reports, review articles, invited editorials, historical perspectives, book reviews, letters to the editor, as well as conference abstracts. Only contributions written in English will be accepted. The journal assists clinicians, teachers and researchers to incorporate knowledge of all aspects of women’s mental health into current and future clinical care and research.