Increasing parenting self-efficacy: The Fussy Baby Network ® intervention.

Autor: Gilkerson L; Erikson Institute, Chicago, Illinois., Burkhardt T; Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois., Katch LE; National Louis University, Chicago, Illinois., Hans SL; University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Infant mental health journal [Infant Ment Health J] 2020 Mar; Vol. 41 (2), pp. 232-245. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 03.
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21836
Abstrakt: High levels of infant crying place families at risk for disrupted relationships, parenting stress, and even for child maltreatment. We conducted an evaluation of the Fussy Baby Network ® (FBN), a program supporting families struggling with infant crying and related concerns. The study contrasted 29 families who sought help from FBN with 27 families with excessively crying infants who did not seek services. Researchers measured parenting self-efficacy, depression, and stress in each group before and after the intervention. Results from hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated greater improvements over time in parenting self-efficacy for parents receiving FBN services. Furthermore, the greater improvements in parenting self-efficacy in the intervention group were not directly attributable to reductions in infant crying. These findings provide preliminary evidence that the FBN approach may be effective at boosting the confidence of parents struggling with caring for their infants. Future research with larger samples with baseline equivalence and stronger research designs should explore this intervention further. This study also suggests that interventions for families with excessively crying infants should move beyond the focus of reducing infant crying to a broader strategy of supporting parents and strengthening relationships between parents and their infants to build parenting capacity.
(© 2020 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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