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  • Child development
  • Parenting studies
  • Psychology

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  • Young children, particularly infants, face the highest rates of physical abuse victimization.
  • Existing child abuse prevention models often have limitations, including late intervention and a sole focus on mothers.
  • Proactive strategies promoting positive parenting early in the transition to parenthood are crucial for child maltreatment reduction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the predictive role of mothers' and fathers' psychosocial resources and empathy on positive parenting and child abuse risk.
  • To investigate these relationships longitudinally from prenatal stages through children's first four years.
  • To assess bidirectional pathways between parenting and empathy over time.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal study involving first-time mothers and their partners, recruited during pregnancy.
  • Data collection occurred prenatally and when children were 6 months, 18 months, and 4 years old.
  • Cross-lagged path models were used to analyze mothers' and fathers' data separately.

Main Results:

  • Mothers' earlier empathy predicted later positive parenting, and vice versa, indicating a bidirectional relationship.
  • Fathers' lower prenatal abuse risk predicted increased subsequent empathy.
  • Both mothers' and fathers' psychosocial resources and empathy predicted positive parenting over time.

Conclusions:

  • Parents' psychosocial resources and empathy are vital for positive and effective parenting, both concurrently and longitudinally.
  • Interventions targeting parental resources before and during the transition to parenthood can foster healthier family environments.
  • Supporting parental psychosocial well-being is essential for promoting positive child development and reducing abuse risk.