Maternal Prenatal Anxiety and Children's Externalizing and Internalizing Behavioral Problems: The Moderating Roles of Maternal-Child Attachment Security and Child Sex.
Moderation
attachment security
externalizing problems
internalizing problems
prenatal anxiety
quantitative research
Journal
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres
ISSN: 1705-7051
Titre abrégé: Can J Nurs Res
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8910581
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
21
12
2019
medline:
11
8
2021
entrez:
21
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Prenatal anxiety is associated with child behavioral problems. Prenatal anxiety is predictive of postnatal anxiety which can interfere with the security of maternal-child attachment and further raise the risk of child behavior problems. Secure maternal-child attachment is essential for optimal emotional health. Sex influences the type of behavior problem experienced. There is a gap in understanding whether attachment security and the sex of the child can moderate association between prenatal anxiety and children's behavioral problems. To examine the association between prenatal anxiety and child behavioral problems and to test the moderating effects of attachment security and child sex on the association between prenatal anxiety and child behavioral problems. Secondary analysis of data from 182 mothers and their children, enrolled in the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition Study using Hayes' (2013) conditional process modeling. Prenatal anxiety was associated with both externalizing ( Attachment security moderated the association between prenatal anxiety and children's externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Prenatal anxiety is associated with child behavioral problems. Prenatal anxiety is predictive of postnatal anxiety which can interfere with the security of maternal-child attachment and further raise the risk of child behavior problems. Secure maternal-child attachment is essential for optimal emotional health. Sex influences the type of behavior problem experienced. There is a gap in understanding whether attachment security and the sex of the child can moderate association between prenatal anxiety and children's behavioral problems.
PURPOSE
OBJECTIVE
To examine the association between prenatal anxiety and child behavioral problems and to test the moderating effects of attachment security and child sex on the association between prenatal anxiety and child behavioral problems.
METHODS
METHODS
Secondary analysis of data from 182 mothers and their children, enrolled in the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition Study using Hayes' (2013) conditional process modeling.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Prenatal anxiety was associated with both externalizing (
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Attachment security moderated the association between prenatal anxiety and children's externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31856590
doi: 10.1177/0844562119894184
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng