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- Title
Relations of Maternal Depression and Parenting Self-Efficacy to the Self-Regulation of Infants in Low-Income Homes.
- Authors
Bates, Randi A.; Salsberry, Pamela J.; Justice, Laura M.; Dynia, Jaclyn M.; Logan, Jessica A. R.; Gugiu, Mihaiela R.; Purtell, Kelly M.
- Abstract
There is increasing recognition that young children's self-regulation provides a foundation for overall wellness later in life. Yet, infants reared in poverty may exhibit less-developed self-regulation compared to their more economically-advantaged peers. Factors associated with poverty that may influence early self-regulation include maternal depression and parenting self-efficacy. However, few researchers have examined how both parenting self-efficacy and maternal depression may affect young children's self-regulation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations among maternal depression, parenting self-efficacy, and infant self-regulation for a racially diverse sample of 142 mother–infant dyads living in low-income households in the United States. Maternal depressive symptomatology was determined with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depressive Scale. Parenting self-efficacy was determined with a self-report measure, reflecting caregivers' mindset or feelings reflecting competency as a parent of an infant. Infant self-regulation was measured by parental report of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire Short Form Effortful Control subscale. While maternal depressive symptomatology and self-efficacy were directly and significantly correlated with infant self-regulation, results of a mediation model suggested that parenting self-efficacy mediated the relationship between maternal depressive symptomatology and infant self-regulation. Lower maternal depressive symptomatology predicted better parenting self-efficacy, in turn predicting better infant self-regulation. This study increases our understanding of how early factors shape the self-regulation of infants reared in low-income homes—highlighting the potential role of targeting parenting self-efficacy for parenting interventions for mothers experiencing depressive symptoms. Highlights: We investigated infant self-regulation in low-income homes in the US. Maternal self-efficacy mediated depression and infant self-regulation relation. Lower maternal depression predicted better self-efficacy and better self-regulation.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; POVERTY in the United States; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACE; SELF-efficacy; SELF-evaluation; SELF-management (Psychology); THOUGHT &; thinking; EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Child & Family Studies, 2020, Vol 29, Issue 8, p2330
- ISSN
1062-1024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10826-020-01763-9