Determinants of maternal self-esteem in the neonatal period
| Autor: | Barry M. Lester, Margaret M. McGrath, C. F. Zachariah Boukydis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
genetic structures
media_common.quotation_subject Behavioral assessment Self-esteem Infant health Regression analysis Social class Developmental psychology Psychiatry and Mental health Medical risk Perception Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Developmental and Educational Psychology Temperament Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Infant Mental Health Journal. 14:35-48 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0355 0163-9641 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<35::aid-imhj2280140104>3.0.co;2-r |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to determine whether maternal perceptions of infant health and behavior made a unique contribution in understanding maternal self-esteem beyond what could be achieved from objective measures. The Perception of Infant Health (POIH) questionnaire and the Bates ICQ captured the perception of infant health and temperament. Standard medical variables including the Hobel Medical Risk Summary measured the objective aspect of infant health. The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment (NBAS) measured objective infant behavior. The Maternal Self-Report Inventory measured self-esteem. Eighty mother-infant dyads, which included healthy, middle socioeconomic class mothers of both full-term, neurologically normal and preterm infants with a range of medical problems were studied. Negative maternal perceptions of infant health and behavior as well as poorer objective health status were associated with decreased maternal self-esteem. Perceptual variables of temperament and health made a unique contribution to maternal self-esteem scores. Regression analysis indicated fussy/difficult, POIH, and NBAS autonomic scores explained a significant amount of variance in maternal self-esteem. |
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