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Ben-Harush, Aya; Schiff, Miriam; Sulimani, Naama; Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: Complications during pregnancy, postpartum and current maternal depression are risk factors that may affect child behavior in early and middle childhood. Objectives: This longitudinal study examined the associations between complications during pregnancy, postpartum and current depression, and child internalizing and externalizing…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Pregnancy, Mothers, Child Behavior
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Finzi-Dottan, Ricky; Chaitchik-Chowers, Gal; Segal Trivitz, Yael – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Professional literature has indicated the detrimental effect of postpartum depression (PPD) and impaired mother's bond with baby (MBB) on infants throughout their development. The present study aimed to examine whether the associations between caregiving dispositions and both postpartum depression (PPD) and mothers' perception of their bond with…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Self Efficacy
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Posmontier, Bobbie; Bina, Rena; Glasser, Saralee; Cinamon, Tali; Styr, Benedict; Sammarco, Therese – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: To determine feasibility and acceptability of incorporating IPT for postpartum depression (PPD) into Israeli social work practice. Method: Women who were 4-24 weeks postpartum with PPD, at least 18 years old, had telephone access, and had a score of 10-18 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were eligible to participate in…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Birth, Depression (Psychology)
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Ben-Zion, Hamutal; Rabinovitch, Hagai; Ran-Peled, Dar; Finkelstein, Omer; Horwitz, Avel; Tikotzky, Liat – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This longitudinal study examined the development of mother-infant objective and reported sleep quality and duration in solo-mother families (i.e., mothers who decided to parent alone) in comparison to two-parent families. We recruited 134 solo mothers and 161 married mothers during pregnancy, most representing the middle to upper socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Mothers, One Parent Family, Family Structure, Sleep
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Tikotzky, Liat; Volkovich, Ella; Meiri, Gal – Developmental Psychology, 2021
This longitudinal study examined whether changes in maternal emotional distress (depressive, anxiety, and parenting-stress symptoms) predict changes over time in subjective and objective infant sleep. We recruited 226 Israeli expectant mothers (M age 28.8 ± 3.3), most representing the middle-upper socioeconomic class. Maternal depressive and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Emotional Response, Depression (Psychology)
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Levy-Shiff, Rachel; Dimitrovosky, Lilly; Shulman, Shmuel; Har-Even, Dov – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Assessed coping and stress of primiparous mothers between 7 months of pregnancy and 12 months postpartum; maternal behavior between 1 and 12 months postpartum; and infant development at 12 months. Found that measures of mothers' coping and cognitive appraisals of parenting showed systematic variations over time, and individual differences among…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Coping, Foreign Countries
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Ferber, Sari Goldstein; Feldman, Ruth – Infancy, 2005
This study examined delivery pain as a possible risk factor for the development of mother-infant interaction. Eighty-one mothers completed the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. A retrospective evaluation of labor pain was performed using the Visual Analog Scale at 2 days…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Play, Mothers, Infants