A Psychological Perspective on Preterm Children: The Influence of Contextual Factors on Quality of Family Interactions
Joint Authors
Simonelli, Alessandra
Gatta, Michela
Miscioscia, Marina
Svanellini, Lorenza
Peraro, Chiara
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-10-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Preterm birth has a critical influence on interactive, communicative, and expressive child behaviour, particularly during the first years of life.
Few studies have stressed the assessment of mother-father-child interaction in families with preterm children, generating contradictory results.
The present study wished to develop these fields: (i) comparing the quality of family interactions between families with preterm children and families with children born at full term; (ii) observing the development of family interactions after six months in the families with children born preterm; (iii) assessing family and contextual factors, as parental stress and social support, in parents of preterm children in order to observe their influence on the quality of family interactions.
78 families are recruited: 39 families with preterm children (M = 19,8 months, SD = 11,05) and 39 families with full-term children (M = 19,66 months; SD = 13,10).
Results show that families with preterm children display a low quality of mother-father-child interactions.
After six months, family interactions result is generally stable, except for some LTP-scales reflecting a hard adjustment of parenting style to the evolution of the child.
In families with preterm children, the parenting stress seemed to be correlated with the quality of mother-father-child interactions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gatta, Michela& Miscioscia, Marina& Svanellini, Lorenza& Peraro, Chiara& Simonelli, Alessandra. 2017. A Psychological Perspective on Preterm Children: The Influence of Contextual Factors on Quality of Family Interactions. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139357
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gatta, Michela…[et al.]. A Psychological Perspective on Preterm Children: The Influence of Contextual Factors on Quality of Family Interactions. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139357
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gatta, Michela& Miscioscia, Marina& Svanellini, Lorenza& Peraro, Chiara& Simonelli, Alessandra. A Psychological Perspective on Preterm Children: The Influence of Contextual Factors on Quality of Family Interactions. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139357
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1139357