What is it about?
The results indicate that attachment style during pregnancy is associated with parenting stress one year after birth. Maternal attachment style appears to mediate the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and later postnatal stress. Parenting stress is also associated with perceived infant temperament.
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Why is it important?
The study shows that recognizing the various factors contributing to parenting stress is relevant even in a community sample like this one.
Perspectives
The issue of parenting stress in caregiving behavior, and its potential effects on children’s development, merits further examination in child development research.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: The Multiple Determinants of Maternal Parenting Stress 12 Months After Birth: The Contribution of Antenatal Attachment Style, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Infant Temperament, Frontiers in Psychology, October 2018, Frontiers,
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01987.
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