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Preventative Intervention Home Visitation Programme for Mothers with Fussy Infants: A Mixed Methods, Pilot Assessment of Maternal Self-Efficacy, Mental Health, Infant-Bonding, and Programme Experiences
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Sherry S. Heller; Hannah H. Covert; Grace Drnach-Bonaventura; Linda Gilkerson; Leanne Kallemeyen; Maureen Y. Lichtveld; Mya Sherman; Catherine A. Taylor – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study assessed a preventive intervention home visiting programme (Fussy Baby Network (FBN)) designed to support mothers struggling with infant crying, sleeping, or feeding concerns. Mothers were referred to the programme through local health- and social service providers and were eligible to participate in the study if they were age 18 or…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Home Visits, Mothers
Early Connections Last a Lifetime: Four Programs Focused on Supporting Prenatal Attachment
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Parlakian, Rebecca; Kinser, Kathy – ZERO TO THREE, 2019
This article reviews the research base on the development of prenatal attachment and profiles four programs that foster this essential prenatal relationship: CenteringPregnancy®, the Practical Resources for Effective Postpartum Parenting program (PREPP), Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP), and Moms2B.
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Program Effectiveness, Pregnancy, Metacognition
The Pennsylvania Infant and Family Devleopment Project, III: The Orgins of Individual Differences in Infant-Mother Attachment: Maternal and Infant Contributions.
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Belsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1984
To test hypotheses concerning interactional histories associated with variation in quality of infant-mother attachment, data were gathered during naturalistic home observations of 60 infants 1, 3, and 9 months of age. Responses were elicited on the Ainsworth and Wittig strange situations. Results concerned mothers' relatively greater influence in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
Impact on Completing Infant Developmental Questionnaires on At-Risk Mothers.
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Squires, Jane; Bricker, Diane – Journal of Early Intervention, 1991
This study evaluated the effects of completing infant development questionnaires on mothers whose ability to provide an appropriate caregiving environment for their infants was suspect. The 18 mothers who completed the questionnaire were found to be more accurate observers of their infants than 18 control mothers who had not completed the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Rearing, Evaluation Methods
The Pennsylvania Infant and Family Development Project, I: Stability and Change in Mother-Infant and Father-Infant Interaction in a Family Setting at One, Three, and Nine Months.
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Belsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Patterns of mothering and fathering in 72 families were observed longitudinally and from the perspective of the family system when infants were 1, 3, and 9 months old. Findings suggested similarities and differences in mothering and fathering. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Fathers, Individual Characteristics
The Influence of Temperament and Mothering on Attachment and Exploration: An Experimental Manipulation of Sensitive Responsiveness among Lower-Class Mothers with Irritable Infants.
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van den Boom, Dymphna C. – Child Development, 1994
Examined the effects of a sensitivity intervention program on the Parenting by lower-class mothers of irritable infants. Found that intervention group mothers were significantly more responsive, stimulating, visually attentive, and controlling of their infant's behavior than were control-group mothers. Intervention infants had higher scores than…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
Behavioral Competence among Mothers of Infants in the First Year: The Mediational Role of Maternal Self-Efficacy.
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Teti, Douglas M.; Gelfand, Donna M. – Child Development, 1991
Self-efficacy beliefs, perceptions of infant temperament, social and marital support, and parenting behavior of depressed and nondepressed mothers of infants were assessed. Maternal self-efficacy beliefs were related to maternal behavioral competence. When demographic variables were controlled for, self-efficacy correlated with maternal perception…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Demography, Depression (Psychology), Infant Behavior