Skin-to-skin contact and infant emotional and cognitive development in chronic perinatal distress.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined whether the timing of maternal-neonate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) predicts infant emotional and cognitive development in the context of chronic maternal perinatal stress and depressive symptoms.

Study design

This secondary analysis included data from a group-based prenatal care clinical trial for 37 pregnant women with low household income. Mothers completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) during the third trimester and postpartum. After birth, they reported timing of SSC, and completed the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised Very Short Form (IBQ-R VSF) (M = 51.7 weeks, SD = 4.2). Increased PSS or CES-D score from the third trimester to post-birth indicates chronic maternal perinatal

SUBMITTER: Selman SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8536803 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature