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Association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health
BACKGROUND: The quality of the relationship between mother and infant may have profound implications for the development of a child. Early indicators of psychological vulnerability may allow targeting of support for the child's cognitive, emotional and social development. A challenging mother–i...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9970168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36804106 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.4 |
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author | Rasmussen, Ida Scheel Wilson, Philip Overbeck, Gritt Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine |
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description | BACKGROUND: The quality of the relationship between mother and infant may have profound implications for the development of a child. Early indicators of psychological vulnerability may allow targeting of support for the child's cognitive, emotional and social development. A challenging mother–infant relationship could be one indicator of risk. AIMS: This study examined variations in psychological well-being and psychopathology among boys and girls according to early maternal perception of the mother–infant relationship. METHOD: This study is based on 64 663 mother–infant pairs from the Danish National Birth Cohort, for which data on the mother–infant relationship were collected at 6 months postpartum. Behavioural problems were assessed with the Danish version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at child ages 7, 11 and 18 years, and we retrieved information on diagnosed childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders and prescriptions of psychotropic drugs from Danish registries. RESULTS: Children in the challenging mother–infant relationship group had higher odds of behavioural problems at age 7 among both boys and girls. The same pattern of elevated estimates was identified for boys across all SDQ domains and for girls in three of five SDQ domains. All associations were attenuated at age 18, but increased odds of behavioural problems still existed. A challenging early mother–infant relationship increased the offspring's risk of being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder or being prescribed a psychotropic drug before the age of 18. CONCLUSION: A challenging self-reported mother–infant relationship was associated with later psychopathological difficulties. Routine clinical enquiry may be useful in identification of future vulnerability. |
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spelling | pubmed-99701682023-02-28 Association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health Rasmussen, Ida Scheel Wilson, Philip Overbeck, Gritt Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine BJPsych Open Paper BACKGROUND: The quality of the relationship between mother and infant may have profound implications for the development of a child. Early indicators of psychological vulnerability may allow targeting of support for the child's cognitive, emotional and social development. A challenging mother–infant relationship could be one indicator of risk. AIMS: This study examined variations in psychological well-being and psychopathology among boys and girls according to early maternal perception of the mother–infant relationship. METHOD: This study is based on 64 663 mother–infant pairs from the Danish National Birth Cohort, for which data on the mother–infant relationship were collected at 6 months postpartum. Behavioural problems were assessed with the Danish version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at child ages 7, 11 and 18 years, and we retrieved information on diagnosed childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders and prescriptions of psychotropic drugs from Danish registries. RESULTS: Children in the challenging mother–infant relationship group had higher odds of behavioural problems at age 7 among both boys and girls. The same pattern of elevated estimates was identified for boys across all SDQ domains and for girls in three of five SDQ domains. All associations were attenuated at age 18, but increased odds of behavioural problems still existed. A challenging early mother–infant relationship increased the offspring's risk of being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder or being prescribed a psychotropic drug before the age of 18. CONCLUSION: A challenging self-reported mother–infant relationship was associated with later psychopathological difficulties. Routine clinical enquiry may be useful in identification of future vulnerability. Cambridge University Press 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9970168/ /pubmed/36804106 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.4 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Paper Rasmussen, Ida Scheel Wilson, Philip Overbeck, Gritt Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine Association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health |
title | Association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health |
title_full | Association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health |
title_fullStr | Association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health |
title_full_unstemmed | Association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health |
title_short | Association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health |
title_sort | association of self-reported mother–infant relationship with child and adolescent mental health |
topic | Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9970168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36804106 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.4 |
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