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Triadic interactions in families with preterm children: a comparative study with children born at term

Michela Gatta1,2, Marina Miscioscia2,3, Lorenza Svanellini2

  • 1Childhood Adolescence Family Unit AULSS 6 Veneto.

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
|October 6, 2017
PubMed

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Families with preterm infants show lower quality interactions compared to those with full-term infants. Parental stress and social support influence these family dynamics, highlighting the father

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Family Studies
  • Neonatal Care

Background:

  • Parent-infant relationships are crucial for child development.
  • Preterm birth can impact family dynamics and child psychological risk.
  • Insensitive parenting is linked to emotional and behavioral issues in preterm children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Compare family interaction quality between preterm and at-term infants.
  • Examine associations between family interactions and parental empowerment, child temperament, parenting stress, and social support.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Lausanne Trilogue Play procedure to assess family interactions.
  • Administered questionnaires on temperament, parental empowerment, social support, and parenting stress to the preterm group.
  • Compared 25 families with preterm children to 26 families with at-term children.

Main Results:

  • Significantly lower quality of family interactions observed in the preterm group compared to the at-term group.
  • Parenting stress was associated with parental empowerment in both parents.
  • Maternal stress was linked to partner's empowerment and perceived social support, indicating a protective role for fathers.

Conclusions:

  • Preterm infants' families exhibit distinct interaction patterns compared to at-term infants' families.
  • Parental empowerment and social support are key factors influencing parenting stress in families with preterm infants.
  • Father's social support plays a protective role in maternal stress within the dyad.

Keywords:
Lausanne Trilogue Playfamily interactionsparentingpreterm birth

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