Anxiety affects the relationship between parents and their very low birth weight infants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11276530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phyllis Zelkowitz (0000-0002-1965-5731, Jewish General Hospital, corresponding author), Claudette Bardin (Jewish General Hospital), Apostolos Papageorgiou (Jewish General Hospital) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 296-313 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Infant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/imhj.20137 |
| PMID | 28640465 |
| OpenAlex | W2062024611 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 36 |
The goal of this study was to examine the medical and sociodemographic factors associated with parental anxiety following the birth of a very low birth weight infant (VLBW, below 1500 g), and to determine the impact of anxiety on the behavior of parents with their VLBW infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The parents of 88 VLBW infants were recruited through the NICU of a tertiary‐care hospital, approximately 2 weeks following delivery. Parents completed self‐report questionnaires measuring anxiety, marital quality, and social support. Prior to discharge, each parent was observed twice during a feeding interaction with the infant. Maternal anxiety was greater when their infants were smaller in terms of birth weight and younger in gestational age. Maternal education, marital status, and country of origin, as well as social support and marital quality, were also associated with anxiety. Paternal anxiety was not related to socioeconomic status or infant medical risk, but was associated with country of origin, social support, and marital quality. For both mothers and fathers, anxiety was a better predictor of parental behavior than was infant medical risk. These findings suggest the need to intervene with anxious parents in order to promote satisfactory parent‐infant relationships
Anxiety · Biology · Developmental psychology · Low birth weight · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Medicine · Neonatal Respiratory Health Research · Neuroscience of respiration and sleep · Psychology · Genetics
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |