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Trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant
During the postpartum period, new mothers experience drastic changes in their body, brain, and life circumstances. Stress from the emotional and physical demands of caring for an infant is associated with negative mood and parenting outcomes. The use of active coping strategies can increase mothers’...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9399102/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35999360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18339-w |
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author | Kim, Pilyoung Grande, Leah A. Dufford, Alexander J. Erhart, Andrew Tribble, Rebekah Yeh, Tom |
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description | During the postpartum period, new mothers experience drastic changes in their body, brain, and life circumstances. Stress from the emotional and physical demands of caring for an infant is associated with negative mood and parenting outcomes. The use of active coping strategies can increase mothers’ resilience during the postpartum period. However, little is known about the association between coping styles and maternal brain responses to infant cues. In the current study, we examined the associations among trait coping style, maternal brain responses, and behavioral sensitivity in a socioeconomically diverse sample of first-time mothers (N = 59). The use of more active trait coping strategies compared to passive coping strategies was associated with increased brain responses to infant cry sounds in brain regions that are critically involved in motivation and emotion regulation—substantia nigra, anterior cingulate gyrus, and inferior frontal gyrus. Increased brain activations in the midbrain and anterior cingulate gyrus were further associated with higher levels of maternal sensitivity observed during interactions with the infant. Thus, the findings provide support for mothers’ use of more active coping styles to promote neural and behavioral resilience for a positive transition to parenthood. |
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spelling | pubmed-93991022022-08-25 Trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant Kim, Pilyoung Grande, Leah A. Dufford, Alexander J. Erhart, Andrew Tribble, Rebekah Yeh, Tom Sci Rep Article During the postpartum period, new mothers experience drastic changes in their body, brain, and life circumstances. Stress from the emotional and physical demands of caring for an infant is associated with negative mood and parenting outcomes. The use of active coping strategies can increase mothers’ resilience during the postpartum period. However, little is known about the association between coping styles and maternal brain responses to infant cues. In the current study, we examined the associations among trait coping style, maternal brain responses, and behavioral sensitivity in a socioeconomically diverse sample of first-time mothers (N = 59). The use of more active trait coping strategies compared to passive coping strategies was associated with increased brain responses to infant cry sounds in brain regions that are critically involved in motivation and emotion regulation—substantia nigra, anterior cingulate gyrus, and inferior frontal gyrus. Increased brain activations in the midbrain and anterior cingulate gyrus were further associated with higher levels of maternal sensitivity observed during interactions with the infant. Thus, the findings provide support for mothers’ use of more active coping styles to promote neural and behavioral resilience for a positive transition to parenthood. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9399102/ /pubmed/35999360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18339-w Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Kim, Pilyoung Grande, Leah A. Dufford, Alexander J. Erhart, Andrew Tribble, Rebekah Yeh, Tom Trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant |
title | Trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant |
title_full | Trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant |
title_fullStr | Trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant |
title_full_unstemmed | Trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant |
title_short | Trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant |
title_sort | trait coping styles and the maternal neural and behavioral sensitivity to an infant |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9399102/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35999360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18339-w |
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