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Emotional Availability in Samples of Mothers at High Risk for Depression and With Substance Use Disorder
Background: Maternal substance use disorder (SUD) and depression have been extensively associated with dysfunctions in parent-child interactions. However, few studies have compared caregiving behaviors of these mothers. The current study aims to explore maternal emotional availability (EA) in mother...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6431618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30936847 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00577 |
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author | Frigerio, Alessandra Porreca, Alessio Simonelli, Alessandra Nazzari, Sarah |
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description | Background: Maternal substance use disorder (SUD) and depression have been extensively associated with dysfunctions in parent-child interactions. However, few studies have compared caregiving behaviors of these mothers. The current study aims to explore maternal emotional availability (EA) in mothers with maternal SUD and depressive symptoms in order to investigate whether these conditions represent a different risk gradient for early parenting. Methods: Mother-infant relationship was investigated in 18 mothers with SUD, 11 mothers at risk for depression, and 39 mothers from general population. The dyads were videotaped during a free-play session and the quality of parent-child interactions was assessed using the EA Scales (EAS) and the Emotional Attachment and EA Clinical Screener (EA2-CS). Results: Mothers with SUD scored lower on sensitivity, non-intrusiveness, and non-hostility with respect to the low-risk sample, whereas mothers at risk for depression scored lower on sensitivity and non-hostility compared to the latter. No significant differences between mothers with SUD and mothers at risk for depression emerged on the EAS, whereas different specific classifications on the EA Clinical Screener were found for the SUD (i.e., Complicated), depression (i.e., Detached), and low-risk (i.e., Emotionally Available) samples. Conclusion: If the current findings are replicated, they might have significant implications for selecting targets of early mother-infant interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-64316182019-04-01 Emotional Availability in Samples of Mothers at High Risk for Depression and With Substance Use Disorder Frigerio, Alessandra Porreca, Alessio Simonelli, Alessandra Nazzari, Sarah Front Psychol Psychology Background: Maternal substance use disorder (SUD) and depression have been extensively associated with dysfunctions in parent-child interactions. However, few studies have compared caregiving behaviors of these mothers. The current study aims to explore maternal emotional availability (EA) in mothers with maternal SUD and depressive symptoms in order to investigate whether these conditions represent a different risk gradient for early parenting. Methods: Mother-infant relationship was investigated in 18 mothers with SUD, 11 mothers at risk for depression, and 39 mothers from general population. The dyads were videotaped during a free-play session and the quality of parent-child interactions was assessed using the EA Scales (EAS) and the Emotional Attachment and EA Clinical Screener (EA2-CS). Results: Mothers with SUD scored lower on sensitivity, non-intrusiveness, and non-hostility with respect to the low-risk sample, whereas mothers at risk for depression scored lower on sensitivity and non-hostility compared to the latter. No significant differences between mothers with SUD and mothers at risk for depression emerged on the EAS, whereas different specific classifications on the EA Clinical Screener were found for the SUD (i.e., Complicated), depression (i.e., Detached), and low-risk (i.e., Emotionally Available) samples. Conclusion: If the current findings are replicated, they might have significant implications for selecting targets of early mother-infant interventions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6431618/ /pubmed/30936847 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00577 Text en Copyright © 2019 Frigerio, Porreca, Simonelli and Nazzari. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Frigerio, Alessandra Porreca, Alessio Simonelli, Alessandra Nazzari, Sarah Emotional Availability in Samples of Mothers at High Risk for Depression and With Substance Use Disorder |
title | Emotional Availability in Samples of Mothers at High Risk for Depression and With Substance Use Disorder |
title_full | Emotional Availability in Samples of Mothers at High Risk for Depression and With Substance Use Disorder |
title_fullStr | Emotional Availability in Samples of Mothers at High Risk for Depression and With Substance Use Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Emotional Availability in Samples of Mothers at High Risk for Depression and With Substance Use Disorder |
title_short | Emotional Availability in Samples of Mothers at High Risk for Depression and With Substance Use Disorder |
title_sort | emotional availability in samples of mothers at high risk for depression and with substance use disorder |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6431618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30936847 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00577 |
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