Preterm Infants Who Are Prone to Distress: Differential Effects of Parenting on 36-Month Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Poehlmann, Julie; Hane, Amanda; Burnson, Cynthia; Maleck, Sarah; Hamburger, Elizabeth; Shah, Prachi E.
Titel	Preterm Infants Who Are Prone to Distress: Differential Effects of Parenting on 36-Month Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53 (2012) 10, S.1018-1025 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02564.x
Schlagwörter	Pregnancy; Behavior Problems; Parent Child Relationship; Child Behavior; Personality; Child Rearing; Exhibits; Premature Infants; Emotional Disturbances; Infant Behavior; Toddlers; Schemata (Cognition); Mothers; Cognitive Ability; Risk; Physiology; Regression (Statistics); Child Development; Predictor Variables; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schwangerschaft; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Personalität; Kindererziehung; Frühgeburt; Gefühlsstörung; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Mother; Mutter; Denkfähigkeit; Risiko; Physiologie; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Kindesentwicklung; Prädiktor
Abstract	Background: The differential susceptibility (DS) model suggests that temperamentally prone-to-distress infants may exhibit adverse outcomes in negative environments but optimal outcomes in positive environments. This study explored temperament, parenting, and 36-month cognition and behavior in preterm infants using the DS model. We hypothesized that temperamentally prone to distress preterm infants would exhibit more optimal cognition and fewer behavior problems when early parenting was positive; and less optimal cognition and more behavior problems when early parenting was less positive. Methods: Participants included 109 preterm infants (gestation less than 37 weeks) and their mothers. We assessed neonatal risk and basal vagal tone in the neonatal intensive care unit; infant temperament and parenting interactions at 9 months post-term; and child behavior and cognitive skills at 36 months post-term. Hierarchical regression analyses tested study hypotheses. Results: Temperamentally prone-to-distress infants exhibited more externalizing problems if they experienced more critical parenting at 9 months ([beta] = -0.20, p less than 0.05) but fewer externalizing problems with more positive parenting. Similarly, variations in maternal positive affect ([beta] = 0.25, p less than 0.01) and intrusive behaviors ([beta] = 0.23, p less than 0.05) at 9 months predicted 36-month cognition at high but not at low levels of infant temperamental distress. Higher basal vagal tone predicted fewer externalizing problems ([beta] = -0.19, p less than 0.05). Conclusions: Early parenting behaviors relate to later behavior and development in preterm infants who are temperamentally prone to distress, and neonatal basal vagal tone predicts subsequent externalizing behaviors. These findings suggest that both biological reactivity and quality of caregiving are important predictors for later outcomes in preterm infants and may be considered as foci for developmental surveillance and interventions. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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