학술논문
Postpartum depression and resilience predict parenting sense of competence in women with childhood maltreatment history.
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Article
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*POSTPARTUM depression
*CHILD abuse
*COMMUNITY health services
*CONFIDENCE
*HOME care services
*MOTHERHOOD
*PARENTING
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
*TELEPHONES
*PSYCHOLOGY of women
*WELL-being
*PREVENTION
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1434-1816
Abstract
This study examines the effect of a history of childhood maltreatment (CM) on parenting sense of competence, taking into account the influence of resilience and postpartum depressive symptoms as moderators of this relationship. Participants (N = 131) were a community sample of women recruited into a larger study of maternal childhood maltreatment. Women completed questionnaires over the phone at 4 months postpartum and parenting sense of competence (PSOC) was assessed during a home visit at 6 months postpartum. A three-way interaction emerged; women with low depression and high resilience factors maintained high levels of PSOC, even when they had a CM history. In contrast, among women with one postpartum risk factor (depression or low resilience) CM was associated with decreased PSOC. Results suggest that a mother’s well-being postpartum moderates the effect of a childhood maltreatment history on her parenting sense of competence. Reducing postpartum depressive symptoms and enhancing resilience may be important components for interventions that address parenting confidence with maltreated women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]