Psychological Well-Being, Prenatal Attachment, and Quality of Early Mother-Infant Interaction: A Pilot Study With a Sample of Mothers With or Without Cancer History
Given the positive impact of high-quality mother–infant interaction on child development, and that such relationship might be hindered by maternal stresses such past cancer, research is needed to understand protective and risk factors in this clinical population. As almost no data is available on th...
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| author | Laura Bozicevic Lucia Ponti Martina Smorti Gabriella Pravettoni Fedro Alessandro Peccatori Chiara Cassani Giuseppe Nastasi Valentina Sarchi Lucia Bonassi |
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| description | Given the positive impact of high-quality mother–infant interaction on child development, and that such relationship might be hindered by maternal stresses such past cancer, research is needed to understand protective and risk factors in this clinical population. As almost no data is available on the impact of history of cancer on the quality of mother–infant interaction, a multicentric and longitudinal pilot study was conducted. Differences in women’s prenatal psychological well-being and attachment (T1, third trimester), and postnatal quality of mother–infant interaction (T2, 2–5 months) were assessed in a sample of Italian mothers with (N = 11) or without cancer history (N = 13). Results showed that women did not differ significantly in their prenatal well-being (assessed with the Profile of Mood States questionnaire) and levels of attachment (assessed with the Prenatal Attachment Inventory). Looking at mother–infant interactions (assessed using the Global Rating Scale at T2), while maternal sensitivity, warmth and intrusiveness, and infant distress and attentiveness did not differ between the two groups, in the clinical group, mothers were more remote and less absorbed in the infant, and infants showed fewer positive communications. These findings might shed light on potential protective and risk factors for early parenting and later child outcomes in this clinical population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf7b06bf9a564fde8f39a27e1be201572022-12-22T03:26:16ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-06-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.913482913482Psychological Well-Being, Prenatal Attachment, and Quality of Early Mother-Infant Interaction: A Pilot Study With a Sample of Mothers With or Without Cancer HistoryLaura Bozicevic0Lucia Ponti1Martina Smorti2Gabriella Pravettoni3Fedro Alessandro Peccatori4Chiara Cassani5Giuseppe Nastasi6Valentina Sarchi7Lucia Bonassi8Department of Primary Care and Mental Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United KingdomDipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università di Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, ItalyDipartimento di Patologia Chirurgica, Medica, Molecolare e dell’Area Critica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDivisione di Psicologia, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, ItalyGynecologic Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Ginecologia e Ostetricia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, ItalyOncologia Medica, ASST Bergamo Est, Seriate, ItalyDipartimento Medico, ASST Bergamo Est, Seriate, ItalyDipartimento Medico, ASST Bergamo Est, Seriate, ItalyGiven the positive impact of high-quality mother–infant interaction on child development, and that such relationship might be hindered by maternal stresses such past cancer, research is needed to understand protective and risk factors in this clinical population. As almost no data is available on the impact of history of cancer on the quality of mother–infant interaction, a multicentric and longitudinal pilot study was conducted. Differences in women’s prenatal psychological well-being and attachment (T1, third trimester), and postnatal quality of mother–infant interaction (T2, 2–5 months) were assessed in a sample of Italian mothers with (N = 11) or without cancer history (N = 13). Results showed that women did not differ significantly in their prenatal well-being (assessed with the Profile of Mood States questionnaire) and levels of attachment (assessed with the Prenatal Attachment Inventory). Looking at mother–infant interactions (assessed using the Global Rating Scale at T2), while maternal sensitivity, warmth and intrusiveness, and infant distress and attentiveness did not differ between the two groups, in the clinical group, mothers were more remote and less absorbed in the infant, and infants showed fewer positive communications. These findings might shed light on potential protective and risk factors for early parenting and later child outcomes in this clinical population.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.913482/fullmother–infant interactioncancerprenatal attachmentmaternal well-beingobservational method |
| spellingShingle | Laura Bozicevic Lucia Ponti Martina Smorti Gabriella Pravettoni Fedro Alessandro Peccatori Chiara Cassani Giuseppe Nastasi Valentina Sarchi Lucia Bonassi Psychological Well-Being, Prenatal Attachment, and Quality of Early Mother-Infant Interaction: A Pilot Study With a Sample of Mothers With or Without Cancer History Frontiers in Psychology mother–infant interaction cancer prenatal attachment maternal well-being observational method |
| title | Psychological Well-Being, Prenatal Attachment, and Quality of Early Mother-Infant Interaction: A Pilot Study With a Sample of Mothers With or Without Cancer History |
| title_full | Psychological Well-Being, Prenatal Attachment, and Quality of Early Mother-Infant Interaction: A Pilot Study With a Sample of Mothers With or Without Cancer History |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Well-Being, Prenatal Attachment, and Quality of Early Mother-Infant Interaction: A Pilot Study With a Sample of Mothers With or Without Cancer History |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Well-Being, Prenatal Attachment, and Quality of Early Mother-Infant Interaction: A Pilot Study With a Sample of Mothers With or Without Cancer History |
| title_short | Psychological Well-Being, Prenatal Attachment, and Quality of Early Mother-Infant Interaction: A Pilot Study With a Sample of Mothers With or Without Cancer History |
| title_sort | psychological well being prenatal attachment and quality of early mother infant interaction a pilot study with a sample of mothers with or without cancer history |
| topic | mother–infant interaction cancer prenatal attachment maternal well-being observational method |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.913482/full |
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