Mothers' postpartum psychological adjustment and infantile colic
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BACKGROUND: Infantile colic is a common problem of early infancy. There is limited data on the relation between postpartum maternal psychological problems and colic. AIM: : To investigate whether infantile colic is associated with postpartum mood disorders or insecure adult attachment style of the mother. METHODS: Seventy eight mothers and newborns were enrolled in this prospective, longitudinal study. Maternal depressive symptoms were screened with Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Score (EPDS) and maternal anxiety was assessed with State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The Adult Attachment Scale was used to determine the attachment style of the mother. Infantile colic was defined according to Wessel criteria. RESULTS: Infantile colic was present in 17 infants (21.7%); 12.9% of the mothers had an EPDS > or =13. The mean EPDS of the mothers whose infants had infantile colic (10.2+/-6.0) was significantly higher than that of the mothers of infants without colic (6.3+/-4.0). Among infants with infantile colic, 62.5% had mothers who had insecure attachment style, whereas only 31.1% of mothers had insecure attachment when the infant did not have infantile colic. CONCLUSION: Postpartum maternal depressive symptoms and insecure attachment style are associated with infantile colic. Screening and early intervention of postpartum depression might promote the health of both the mother and infant.
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- Authors
- Akman, I.
- Affiliations
- Marmara University (TR)
- Corresponding author
- Akman, I
- ORCID
- Akman, I
- Venue
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2006-05-01
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 417-419
- ISSN
- 0003-9888 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2044
- PMC
- PMC2082735
- OpenAlex
- W2111725433
- Cited by
- 167
- References
- 15
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- FWCI
- 23.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Archives of Disease in Childhood (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
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- Dspace Repository (Marmara Üniversitesi) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Infant Health and Development
- 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
- Keywords
- infantile colic, postpartum depression, maternal depressive symptoms, maternal anxiety, insecure attachment, adult attachment styles, postpartum mood disorders, mother-infant relationship
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Anxiety, Cesarean Section, Colic, Crying, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Prospective Studies, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Chi-Square Distribution, Depression, Postpartum
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