TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal Cognitions, psychopathologic symptoms and infant temperament as predictors of early infant feeding problems: a longitudinal study
AU - Farrow, Claire
AU - Blissett, Jacqueline
PY - 2006/3/1
Y1 - 2006/3/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The current study examined the contribution of prenatal and postnatal maternal core beliefs, self-esteem, psychopathologic symptoms, and postnatal infant temperament to the prediction of infant feeding difficulties. METHOD: Ninety-nine women completed questionnaires assessing their core beliefs, psychopathology, and self-esteem during pregnancy and at 6 months postpartum. At 6 months, mothers also rated their infant's temperament and feeding, and were ob-served feeding their infants. RESULTS: Maternal reports of child feeding difficulties were predicted by higher levels of emotional deprivation and entitlement core beliefs and lower levels of self-sacrifice and enmeshment core beliefs during pregnancy. Postnatal social isolation core beliefs, lower maternal self-esteem, and more difficult infant temperament added significantly to the variance explained by prenatal factors. Maternal core beliefs, self-esteem, psychopathology, and infant temperament failed to significantly predict independent observations of child food refusal. CONCLUSION: Maternal cognitions are implicated in the development of maternal reports of feeding difficulty.
AB - OBJECTIVE: The current study examined the contribution of prenatal and postnatal maternal core beliefs, self-esteem, psychopathologic symptoms, and postnatal infant temperament to the prediction of infant feeding difficulties. METHOD: Ninety-nine women completed questionnaires assessing their core beliefs, psychopathology, and self-esteem during pregnancy and at 6 months postpartum. At 6 months, mothers also rated their infant's temperament and feeding, and were ob-served feeding their infants. RESULTS: Maternal reports of child feeding difficulties were predicted by higher levels of emotional deprivation and entitlement core beliefs and lower levels of self-sacrifice and enmeshment core beliefs during pregnancy. Postnatal social isolation core beliefs, lower maternal self-esteem, and more difficult infant temperament added significantly to the variance explained by prenatal factors. Maternal core beliefs, self-esteem, psychopathology, and infant temperament failed to significantly predict independent observations of child food refusal. CONCLUSION: Maternal cognitions are implicated in the development of maternal reports of feeding difficulty.
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U2 - 10.1002/eat.20220
DO - 10.1002/eat.20220
M3 - Article
C2 - 16231348
VL - 39
SP - 128
EP - 134
JO - International Journal of Eating Disorders
JF - International Journal of Eating Disorders
IS - 2
ER -