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Parenting Stress, Social Support, and Mother‐Child Interactions in Families of Multiple and Singleton Preterm Toddlers
Author(s) -
Lutz Kristin F.,
Burnson Cynthia,
Hane Amanda,
Samuelson Anne,
Maleck Sarah,
Poehlmann Julie
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00726.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , social support , singleton , depressive symptoms , stress (linguistics) , clinical psychology , anxiety , pregnancy , psychiatry , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , biology
The study investigated family support as a buffer of stress in 153 mothers and preterm toddlers. Data were collected regarding maternal depressive symptoms, parenting stress, and family support; infant health; and videotaped mother‐child interactions. Although more parenting stress related to less optimal child play, only information support functioned as a protective factor. Information support predicted positive play under high, but not low, maternal stress. Mothers of multiples reported more parenting stress than mothers of singletons.