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The Unexpected for the Expecting Parent: Effects of Disruptive Early Interactions on Mother–Infant Relationship

The Unexpected for the Expecting Parent: Effects of Disruptive Early Interactions on Mother–Infant Relationship

Authors :
Gianluca Esposito
Keri Ka-Yee Wong
School of Social Sciences
Wong, Keri [0000-0002-2962-8438]
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Source :
Parenting. 19:124-129
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2019.

Abstract

High-quality parental caregiving promotes children’s development from their day of birth or even earlier. Whether there are ways to predict, and ultimately enhance, parental caregiving quality during the prenatal stages of development has been less well understood. This circumstance is even truer when things do not go according “to plan.” In this commentary, we explore two possible scenarios, perhaps unexpected for expectant parents, that can affect children’s development: (1) postpartum parental displays of atypical behaviors and parental caregiving strategies (i.e., maternal/paternal depression) and (2) postpartum child displays of atypical behaviors (i.e., autism spectrum disorder). Nanyang Technological University Accepted version This work was supported by the Start-up Grant M4081597 (GE) from Nanyang Technological University Singapore.

Details

ISSN :
15327922 and 15295192
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Parenting
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3235ce52c96032f4ed77960683c14b62
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1556015