TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental care and control during childhood
T2 - associations with maternal perinatal mood disturbance and parenting stress
AU - Grant, Kerry Ann
AU - Bautovich, Alison
AU - McMahon, Catherine
AU - Reilly, Nicole
AU - Leader, Leo
AU - Austin, Marie Paule
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - This study examined the associations between perceived parental care and control in childhood and maternal anxiety, depression and parenting stress during the transition to parenthood. Eighty-eight women completed the Parental Bonding Instrument, self-report measures of anxiety and depression and a structured diagnostic interview (Mini-plus International Neuropsychiatric Interview) during the third trimester of pregnancy. The MINI-Plus and anxiety and depression measures were re-administered at 7 months postpartum. The Parenting Stress Index was also administered at this time. Significant associations were found between maternal 'affectionless control' and prenatal and postnatal symptom measures of anxiety and depression, p values 0.005. Compared to women who reported optimal parenting, women who recalled maternal 'affectionless control' were also six times more likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder during pregnancy (OR06.1, 95 % CI02.17-30.11) and seven times more likely to be diagnosed with postnatal major depression (OR06.8, 95 % CI01.80-25.37). Paternal 'affectionless control' was associated with significantly higher scores on symptom measures of prenatal and postnatal anxiety, p values 0.005. This study suggests that assessing a woman's own parenting history is important in identifying and managing the risk of prenatal and postnatal affective disorders and parenting stress.
AB - This study examined the associations between perceived parental care and control in childhood and maternal anxiety, depression and parenting stress during the transition to parenthood. Eighty-eight women completed the Parental Bonding Instrument, self-report measures of anxiety and depression and a structured diagnostic interview (Mini-plus International Neuropsychiatric Interview) during the third trimester of pregnancy. The MINI-Plus and anxiety and depression measures were re-administered at 7 months postpartum. The Parenting Stress Index was also administered at this time. Significant associations were found between maternal 'affectionless control' and prenatal and postnatal symptom measures of anxiety and depression, p values 0.005. Compared to women who reported optimal parenting, women who recalled maternal 'affectionless control' were also six times more likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder during pregnancy (OR06.1, 95 % CI02.17-30.11) and seven times more likely to be diagnosed with postnatal major depression (OR06.8, 95 % CI01.80-25.37). Paternal 'affectionless control' was associated with significantly higher scores on symptom measures of prenatal and postnatal anxiety, p values 0.005. This study suggests that assessing a woman's own parenting history is important in identifying and managing the risk of prenatal and postnatal affective disorders and parenting stress.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00737-012-0292-0
DO - 10.1007/s00737-012-0292-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 22695807
AN - SCOPUS:84865431679
SN - 1434-1816
VL - 15
SP - 297
EP - 305
JO - Archives of Women's Mental Health
JF - Archives of Women's Mental Health
IS - 4
ER -