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Psychobiological influences on maternal sensitivity in the context of adversity

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Finegood, Eric D., The Family Life Project Key Investigators, Blair, Clancy, Granger, Douglas A., Hibel, Leah C., Mills-Koonce, Roger·2016·Developmental Psychology
DOI 10.1037/dev0000123PMC PMC4934602
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This study evaluated prospective longitudinal relations among an index of poverty-related cumulative risk, maternal salivary cortisol, child negative affect, and maternal sensitivity across the first 2 postpartum years. Participants included 1,180 biological mothers residing in rural and predominantly low-income communities in the United States. Multilevel growth curve analyses indicated that an index of cumulative risk was positively associated with maternal cortisol across the postpartum (study visits occurring at approximately 7, 15, and 24 months postpartum) over and above effects for African American ethnicity, time of day of saliva collection, age, parity status, having given birth to another child, contraceptive use, tobacco smoking, body mass index, and breastfeeding. Consistent with a psychobiological theory of mothering, maternal salivary cortisol was negatively associated with maternal sensitivity observed during parent-child interactions across the first 2 postpartum years over and above effects for poverty-related cumulative risk, child negative affect, as well as a large number of covariates associated with cortisol and maternal sensitivity. Child negative affect expressed during parent-child interactions was negatively associated with observed maternal sensitivity at late (24 months) but not early time points of observation (7 months) and cumulative risk was negatively associated with maternal sensitivity across the postpartum and this effect strengthened over time. Results advance our understanding of the dynamic, transactional, and psychobiological influences on parental caregiving behaviors across the first 2 postpartum years. (PsycINFO Database Record

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  • In mothers, higher levels of cortisol when babies are 2-24 months old are related to lower maternal sensitivity, but directly after birth, high levels of cortisol are associated with more affectionate infant-directed behavior.

    “In mothers, higher levels of cortisol when babies are 2–24 months old are related to lower maternal sensitivity (Finegood, Blair, Granger, Hibel, & Mills‐Koonce, 2016), but directly after birth, high levels of cortisol are associated with more affectionate infant‐directed behavior (Fleming, Steiner, & Corter, 1997).”

    From Birth of a Father: Fathering in the First 1,000 Days (2019) · cites this paper as Finegood et al., 2016

    The Abstract reports that higher maternal salivary cortisol was associated with lower sensitivity at study visits around 7, 15, and 24 months postpartum. The background section also reports less sensitive behavior by three months postpartum, but the paper does not establish the association across the full 2–24-month range stated in the citing sentence. The directly-after-birth clause is attributed to Fleming et al., not to this source. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  1. Dill BT 1999 Poverty in the rural US: Implications for children, families, and communities Literature review prepared for the Annie E. Casey Foundation

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Authors
Finegood, E. D., The Family Life Project Key Investigators, Blair, C., Granger, D. A., Hibel, L. C., & Mills-Koonce, R.
Affiliations
  • New York University (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Arizona State University (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
ORCID
Venue
Developmental Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2016-07
Volume
52
Issue
7
Pages
1073-1087
ISSN
  • 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0599
DOI
10.1037/dev0000123
PMC
PMC4934602
OpenAlex
W2465669311
Cited by
47
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5
FWCI
5.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01 HD 39667, HD39667)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01HD039667)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
maternal sensitivity, salivary cortisol, postpartum period, parent-child interaction, adversity, low-income mothers, African American mothers, maternal care
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Child, Preschool, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Infant, Longitudinal Studies, Maternal Behavior, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Mother-Child Relations, Mothers, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Play and Playthings, Poverty, Prospective Studies, Rural Population, Saliva, Stress, Psychological, Parenting, Resilience, Psychological, Young Adult

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