Prenatal negative affectivity and trauma-related distress predict mindful parenting during toddler age: Examining parent–infant bonding as a mechanism
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Despite findings demonstrating the importance of parental present-centered awareness, factors undermining mindful parenting have received less attention. Increasingly, evidence points to parental psychopathology as a salient risk factor for parenting difficulties. Thus, the goal of the present study was to investigate specific dimensions of parental trauma-related distress and general negative affectivity during pregnancy as predictors of mindful parenting during toddler age. Parental psychopathology, parent–infant bonding, and mindful parenting were assessed in a sample of heterosexual couples (N = 159) across four waves of data collection spanning pregnancy to child age two. Data were analyzed using path analysis within a dyadic framework. Results demonstrated the unique impact of maternal trauma-related distress during pregnancy (e.g., intrusions and avoidance) on facets of mindful parenting more than two years later. Further, among both mothers and fathers, general negative affectivity common across internalizing disorders undermined mindful parenting through impaired parent–infant bonding. Findings highlight the need for early intervention efforts that incorporate mindfulness strategies to reduce subthreshold symptoms of prenatal psychopathology, promote healthy bonding, and improve parental awareness and self-regulation, thereby enhancing the overall parent–child relationship.
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The IDAS-II has demonstrated excellent psychometric properties in pregnant samples.
“The IDAS-II has demonstrated excellent psychometric properties in pregnant samples [64, 65]”
From Trajectories of Maternal and Paternal Internalizing Symptoms from Pregnancy to 2 Years Postpartum: Identifying Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors (2024) · cites this paper as [64]
The Measures section reports good internal consistency for three IDAS-II scales (Cronbach’s α = 0.83, 0.81, and 0.88) in a sample of pregnant women and their partners. It discusses validity evidence for those scales, but does not establish excellent psychometric properties for the IDAS-II as a whole specifically in pregnant samples. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Laifer, L. M., DiLillo, D., & Brock, R. L.
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- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
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- Laifer, Lauren M.
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- Development and Psychopathology
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- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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- 2021-10-15
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- 35
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- 3
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- 1036-1050
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- 1469-2198
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- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Development Fund
- Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- mindful parenting, trauma-related distress, parent-infant bonding, parental psychopathology, pregnancy, maternal trauma, internalizing disorders, mindfulness, parent-child relationship, dyadic analysis
- MeSH terms
- Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Mothers, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Parenting, Mindfulness
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