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Arland Thornton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Unwanted childbearing and Mother-Child Relationships.
    1999
    Co-Authors: Jennifer S. Barber, William G. Axinn, Arland Thornton
    Abstract:

    This paper investigates the Relationships among unwanted childbearing health and Mother-Child Relationships. We hypothesize that unwanted childbearing affects Mother-Child Relationships in part because of the physical and mental health consequences of unwanted childbearing. Impaired mental health hampers womens interaction with their infants and these poor neonatal Relationships translate into poor mother-adult child Relationships. Using the Intergenerational Panel Study of Mothers and Children--a 31-year longitudinal survey of a probability sample of 1113 Mother-Child pairs begun in 1961--we demonstrate that mothers with unwanted births have lower quality Relationships with their children from late adolescence (age 18) throughout early adulthood (ages 23 and 31). Furthermore these lower quality Relationships are not limited to the child born as a result of the unwanted pregnancy; all the children in the family suffer. Using the 1987-88 wave of the National Survey of Families and Households a survey of a national probability sample of U.S. households we show that mothers with unwanted births suffer from higher levels of depression and lower levels of happiness. We also demonstrate that they spank their young children more and spend less leisure time with them. We conclude that experiencing unwanted childbearing reduces the time and attention that mothers give their young children and that these early Mother-Child interactions set the stage for long-term lower quality Relationships. (authors)

  • Unwanted childbearing, health, and Mother-Child Relationships.
    Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1999
    Co-Authors: Jennifer S. Barber, William G. Axinn, Arland Thornton
    Abstract:

    This paper investigates the Relationships among unwanted childbearing health and Mother-Child Relationships. We hypothesize that unwanted childbearing affects Mother-Child Relationships in part because of the physical and mental health consequences of unwanted childbearing. Impaired mental health hampers womens interaction with their infants and these poor neonatal Relationships translate into poor mother-adult child Relationships. Using the Intergenerational Panel Study of Mothers and Children--a 31-year longitudinal survey of a probability sample of 1113 Mother-Child pairs begun in 1961--we demonstrate that mothers with unwanted births have lower quality Relationships with their children from late adolescence (age 18) throughout early adulthood (ages 23 and 31). Furthermore these lower quality Relationships are not limited to the child born as a result of the unwanted pregnancy; all the children in the family suffer. Using the 1987-88 wave of the National Survey of Families and Households a survey of a national probability sample of U.S. households we show that mothers with unwanted births suffer from higher levels of depression and lower levels of happiness. We also demonstrate that they spank their young children more and spend less leisure time with them. We conclude that experiencing unwanted childbearing reduces the time and attention that mothers give their young children and that these early Mother-Child interactions set the stage for long-term lower quality Relationships. (authors)

Dante Cicchetti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • child maltreatment attachment security and internal representations of mother and mother child Relationships
    Child Maltreatment, 2011
    Co-Authors: Erin Pickreign Stronach, Sheree L Toth, Fred A Rogosch, Assaf Oshri, Jody Todd Manly, Dante Cicchetti
    Abstract:

    Attachment security and internal representations of mothers, and of the Mother-Child relationship, were examined in an ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged sample of maltreated (N = 92) and nonmaltreated (N = 31) preschool-aged children. Maltreated preschoolers had lower rates of secure attachment and higher rates of disorganized attachment than did nonmaltreated preschoolers. Maltreatment also was associated with less positive global representations of the Mother-Child relationship relative to the nonmaltreated comparison group. Analyses were conducted to determine whether maltreatment characteristics such as subtype, chronicity, severity, and frequency were associated with attachment organization and with internal representations. Implications of these results for developmental theory and intervention with maltreated children are discussed. Language: en

Jennifer S. Barber - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Unwanted childbearing and Mother-Child Relationships.
    1999
    Co-Authors: Jennifer S. Barber, William G. Axinn, Arland Thornton
    Abstract:

    This paper investigates the Relationships among unwanted childbearing health and Mother-Child Relationships. We hypothesize that unwanted childbearing affects Mother-Child Relationships in part because of the physical and mental health consequences of unwanted childbearing. Impaired mental health hampers womens interaction with their infants and these poor neonatal Relationships translate into poor mother-adult child Relationships. Using the Intergenerational Panel Study of Mothers and Children--a 31-year longitudinal survey of a probability sample of 1113 Mother-Child pairs begun in 1961--we demonstrate that mothers with unwanted births have lower quality Relationships with their children from late adolescence (age 18) throughout early adulthood (ages 23 and 31). Furthermore these lower quality Relationships are not limited to the child born as a result of the unwanted pregnancy; all the children in the family suffer. Using the 1987-88 wave of the National Survey of Families and Households a survey of a national probability sample of U.S. households we show that mothers with unwanted births suffer from higher levels of depression and lower levels of happiness. We also demonstrate that they spank their young children more and spend less leisure time with them. We conclude that experiencing unwanted childbearing reduces the time and attention that mothers give their young children and that these early Mother-Child interactions set the stage for long-term lower quality Relationships. (authors)

  • Unwanted childbearing, health, and Mother-Child Relationships.
    Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1999
    Co-Authors: Jennifer S. Barber, William G. Axinn, Arland Thornton
    Abstract:

    This paper investigates the Relationships among unwanted childbearing health and Mother-Child Relationships. We hypothesize that unwanted childbearing affects Mother-Child Relationships in part because of the physical and mental health consequences of unwanted childbearing. Impaired mental health hampers womens interaction with their infants and these poor neonatal Relationships translate into poor mother-adult child Relationships. Using the Intergenerational Panel Study of Mothers and Children--a 31-year longitudinal survey of a probability sample of 1113 Mother-Child pairs begun in 1961--we demonstrate that mothers with unwanted births have lower quality Relationships with their children from late adolescence (age 18) throughout early adulthood (ages 23 and 31). Furthermore these lower quality Relationships are not limited to the child born as a result of the unwanted pregnancy; all the children in the family suffer. Using the 1987-88 wave of the National Survey of Families and Households a survey of a national probability sample of U.S. households we show that mothers with unwanted births suffer from higher levels of depression and lower levels of happiness. We also demonstrate that they spank their young children more and spend less leisure time with them. We conclude that experiencing unwanted childbearing reduces the time and attention that mothers give their young children and that these early Mother-Child interactions set the stage for long-term lower quality Relationships. (authors)

Erin Pickreign Stronach - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • child maltreatment attachment security and internal representations of mother and mother child Relationships
    Child Maltreatment, 2011
    Co-Authors: Erin Pickreign Stronach, Sheree L Toth, Fred A Rogosch, Assaf Oshri, Jody Todd Manly, Dante Cicchetti
    Abstract:

    Attachment security and internal representations of mothers, and of the Mother-Child relationship, were examined in an ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged sample of maltreated (N = 92) and nonmaltreated (N = 31) preschool-aged children. Maltreated preschoolers had lower rates of secure attachment and higher rates of disorganized attachment than did nonmaltreated preschoolers. Maltreatment also was associated with less positive global representations of the Mother-Child relationship relative to the nonmaltreated comparison group. Analyses were conducted to determine whether maltreatment characteristics such as subtype, chronicity, severity, and frequency were associated with attachment organization and with internal representations. Implications of these results for developmental theory and intervention with maltreated children are discussed. Language: en

Alison Pike - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Links between Marital Quality, the Mother-Child Relationship and Child Behavior: A Multi-Level Modeling Approach.
    International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
    Co-Authors: Katharine M. Mark, Alison Pike
    Abstract:

    We investigated the association between marital quality and child behavior, assessing mother–child relationship quality as a potential mediator. The sample included 78 mothers with two target children (mean ages = 9.82 and 12.05 years, respectively). Mothers reported on their children’s behavior as well as their marital quality, while each child reported on their relationship with their mother. Confirming our hypothesis, marital quality did relate to child behavior. Contrary to our expectations, the mother–child relationship provided negligible mediation of the link, but did provide significant prediction of child behavior in its own right. Importantly, our findings show differential outcomes for children within the same family, supporting a differentiated child-specific outlook. Further evidence that both marital quality and shared, as well as differential, mother–child Relationships link with child behavior is provided here. Consequently, interventions with the aim of decreasing children’s behavioral problems and increasing more positive conduct can usefully include a focus on the nature of the parents’ romantic relationship, alongside parenting.