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What patterns of postpartum psychological distress are associated with maternal concerns about their children's emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years?

Mothers experiencing psychological distress in the postpartum period may have difficulties parenting their children. Inconsistent and unresponsive parenting may increase the risk of later emotional and behavioural problems in children. The purpose of this study was to identify how maternal psycholog...

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Autores principales: Benzies, Karen, Mychasiuk, Richelle, Tough, Suzanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Routledge 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25544794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2014.899592
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description Mothers experiencing psychological distress in the postpartum period may have difficulties parenting their children. Inconsistent and unresponsive parenting may increase the risk of later emotional and behavioural problems in children. The purpose of this study was to identify how maternal psychological characteristics cluster at eight weeks postpartum, and whether these clusters were associated with maternal-reported child emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years, as measured by the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) questionnaire. In a longitudinal pregnancy cohort (N = 647), three clusters of postpartum psychological characteristics were identified. Contrary to expectations, mothers with the greatest psychological distress did not report concerns about their child's emotional and behavioural problems; rather, they reported concerns about global developmental delay. These findings suggest that infants of mothers experiencing postpartum psychological distress should receive additional follow-up to reduce the risk for global developmental delay.
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spelling pubmed-42704232014-12-24 What patterns of postpartum psychological distress are associated with maternal concerns about their children's emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years? Benzies, Karen Mychasiuk, Richelle Tough, Suzanne Early Child Dev Care Original Articles Mothers experiencing psychological distress in the postpartum period may have difficulties parenting their children. Inconsistent and unresponsive parenting may increase the risk of later emotional and behavioural problems in children. The purpose of this study was to identify how maternal psychological characteristics cluster at eight weeks postpartum, and whether these clusters were associated with maternal-reported child emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years, as measured by the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) questionnaire. In a longitudinal pregnancy cohort (N = 647), three clusters of postpartum psychological characteristics were identified. Contrary to expectations, mothers with the greatest psychological distress did not report concerns about their child's emotional and behavioural problems; rather, they reported concerns about global developmental delay. These findings suggest that infants of mothers experiencing postpartum psychological distress should receive additional follow-up to reduce the risk for global developmental delay. Routledge 2015-01-02 2014-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4270423/ /pubmed/25544794 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2014.899592 Text en © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. This is an Open Access article. Non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way, is permitted. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.
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title What patterns of postpartum psychological distress are associated with maternal concerns about their children's emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years?
title_full What patterns of postpartum psychological distress are associated with maternal concerns about their children's emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years?
title_fullStr What patterns of postpartum psychological distress are associated with maternal concerns about their children's emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years?
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title_short What patterns of postpartum psychological distress are associated with maternal concerns about their children's emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years?
title_sort what patterns of postpartum psychological distress are associated with maternal concerns about their children's emotional and behavioural problems at the age of three years?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270423/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2014.899592
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