Prenatal correlates of indigent mothers' attitudes about spoiling their young infants: a longitudinal study.
J Dev Behav Pediatr
; 15(5): 367-9, 1994 Oct.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7868705
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with indigent mothers' attitudes about spoiling their young infants. Mothers who believe that young infants can be spoiled may be more likely to misperceive their infants' basic needs for nurturing and thus undermine their infants' sense of security and trust. One hundred twenty-nine consecutive pregnant women who were at approximately 15 weeks' gestation completed measures to assess depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) and social support (Maternal Social Support Index). One hundred seventeen mothers (91%) completed a simple three-question Spoiling Index when their infants were about 1 month old. Fifty-eight percent were single, never married, 73% multiparous, 66% Euro-American, 28% African-American, and 84% at least 20 years old. Fifty-eight percent of mothers believed infants younger than 5 months old could be spoiled. After including maternal age, race, marital status, prenatal social support, and number of prenatal clinic visits in the hierarchical logistic regression model, "spoilers" were more likely to be primigravida mothers (odds ratio = 2.71; 95% confidence interval, 1.05 to 7.06) and more likely to be depressed during pregnancy (odds ratio = 2.83; 95% confidence interval, 1.29 to 6.19). Primigravida indigent mothers and mothers with higher levels of prenatal depressive symptoms are more likely to believe they can spoil their young infants.
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01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Pauvreté
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Prise en charge prénatale
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Attitude
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Pratiques éducatives parentales
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Comportement maternel
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Relations mère-enfant
Type d'étude:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limites:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
Langue:
En
Journal:
J Dev Behav Pediatr
Année:
1994
Type de document:
Article