ArticleInfant mental health journal
Does an intervention to reduce maternal anxiety, depression and trauma also improve mothers' perceptions of their preterm infants' vulnerability?
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- Reduction of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parental perceptions of child vulnerability and risk of vulnerable child syndrome utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy: randomized controlled trial.Pediatric research · 2026Trial
- A Scoping Review of Preventive and Treatment Interventions of Parental Psychological Distress in the NICU in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- What Influences Maternal Stress in The NICU Among Mothers of Preterm Infants?Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Implementation Outcomes and Challenges of Partnerships between Resource Parents and Parents with Sick Infants in Intensive Neonatal Care Units: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Impact of Maternity Support Program on the Stress of Mothers in the First Encounter with the Preterm Infants.International journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 on High-Risk Infants and Families.American journal of perinatology · 2020Article
- A scoping review of mental health prevention and intervention initiatives for infants and preschoolers at risk for socio-emotional difficulties.Systematic reviews · 2019Article
- Temporal Themes in Periviable Birth: A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Experiences.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Article
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- A model for the development of mothers' perceived vulnerability of preterm infants.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2015Article
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Abstract
To determine if an intervention to reduce maternal distress and address maternal perceptions of infants' vulnerability also reduces perceptions of vulnerability, 105 mothers of premature infants (25- to 34-weeks' gestational age; >600 g) with depression, anxiety, or trauma were randomized to a six- or nine-session intervention or a comparison condition. The outcome was changes in a measure of perception of infant vulnerability between 4 to 5 weeks' and 6 months' postdelivery, the Vulnerability Baby Scale (VBS; B. Forsyth, S. Horwitz, J. Leventhal, & J. Burger, 1996; N. Kerruish, K. Settle, P. Campbell-Stokes, & B. Taylor, 2005). High scores on the VBS were indicative of high levels of perceived infant vulnerability. The perceptions of infants' vulnerability showed significant declines, with no differences across groups or in rate of change. Mothers reporting prior trauma at entry to the study showed much lower perceptions of infants' vulnerability scores under the intervention, Cohen's d = -0.86, p = .01. Given that women with prior trauma are very likely to view their premature infants as vulnerable, this intervention may have important implications for subsequent parenting behaviors and child development.
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