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Child Psychiatry & Human Development

13-04-2024 | Research

Social Support and Spousal Relationship Quality Improves Responsiveness among Anxious Mothers

Auteurs: Miranda Bain, Soim Park, Ahmed Zaidi, Najia Atif, Atif Rahman, Abid Malik, Pamela J Surkan

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development

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Abstract

Maternal responsiveness, a mother’s ability to consistently identify infant cues and then act on them, is critical for healthy child development. A woman’s social support and spousal relationship may affect responsiveness to an infant, especially among mothers with anxiety. We assessed how social support and spousal relationship quality is associated with responsiveness among anxious mothers, and if postpartum depression (PPD) moderated these associations. Cross-sectional data were collected from 2019 to 2022 in a public hospital in Pakistan from 701 women at six-weeks postpartum. Eligible women had at least mild anxiety in early- to mid- pregnancy. Linear regression analyses assessed if spousal relationship quality and social support from family and friends were associated with maternal responsiveness, measured using the Maternal Infant Responsiveness Instrument. Interaction terms were used to examine if PPD moderated these associations. Spousal relationship quality (B = 2.49, 95% CI: 1.48, 3.50) and social support (B = 1.07, 95% CI: 0.31, 1.83) were positively related to maternal responsiveness to the infant. Emotional support from a spouse was positively associated with responsiveness (B = 1.08, 95% CI: 0.12, 2.03 depressed; B = 2.96, 95% CI: 1.34, 4.58 non-depressed), and conflict with the spouse was negatively associated with responsiveness (B=-1.02, 95% CI: -1.94, -0.09 depressed; B=-2.87, 95% CI: -4.36, -1.37 non-depressed). However, social support was related to responsiveness only in non-depressed women (B = 2.61, 95% CI: 1.14, 4.07). While spousal relationships and social support enhance maternal responsiveness, for depressed women, spousal relationships were particularly critical. In considering maternal-infant interventions to improve child development outcomes, our study indicates the importance of supportive relationships that foster effective responsiveness.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Social Support and Spousal Relationship Quality Improves Responsiveness among Anxious Mothers
Auteurs
Miranda Bain
Soim Park
Ahmed Zaidi
Najia Atif
Atif Rahman
Abid Malik
Pamela J Surkan
Publicatiedatum
13-04-2024
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-024-01702-5