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- Title
Determinants of Child Attachment in the Years Postpartum in a High-Risk Sample of Immigrant Women.
- Authors
Lecompte, Vanessa; Rousseau, Cécile
- Abstract
Our goal was to examine maternal mental health and associated stresses in a sample of high-risk immigrant mothers, and its association with child insecure attachment in the years following childbirth. Mothers and their child (Mage = 37 months) were recruited through a Health and Social Service organization in the Parc-Extension neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec. Mothers completed the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-25), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MPSS) and a sociodemographic questionnaire that included questions on premature delivery and birth weight. Attachment behaviors were coded out of a videotaped free play sequence using the Preschool and Early School-Age Attachment Rating Scales (PARS). Analysis revealed high levels of clinical anxiety and depression, low social support and low attachment security. Significant mean differences and associations were found between anxiety, depression, social support, preterm delivery and child attachment. These results underscore the importance of screening for anxiety and depression early in the postnatal years, in order to prevent associated consequences such as child insecure attachment. Results also highlight the importance of building positive social networks, especially with immigrant populations.
- Subjects
QUEBEC (Province); ATTACHMENT behavior in children; CHI-squared test; PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); T-test (Statistics); VIDEO recording; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2018, Vol 20, Issue 5, p1166
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-017-0662-9