Abstract

Research on the impact of temperament on maternal and child functioning has important theoretical and clinical implications. The goal of this project is to study the impact of an infant temperament characteristic, irritability, on maternal mood, cognitions, and behavior and the subsequent infant-mother attachment relationship. Infant irritability is thought to influence early mother-infant interactions, influencing maternal sensitive responsiveness, self-efficacy and depression and the security of the infant's attachment relationship. The proposed research will examine the impact of irritability by 1) examining the development of these variables in irritable babies and their mothers and 2) studying the effect of an intervention to improve mother-infant interactions between irritable infants and their mothers.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Small Research Grants (R03)
Project #
5R03HD037232-02
Application #
6363426
Study Section
Nursing Research Study Section (NURS)
Program Officer
Feerick, Margaret M
Project Start
2000-03-01
Project End
2003-02-28
Budget Start
2001-03-01
Budget End
2003-02-28
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$73,302
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Iowa
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
041294109
City
Iowa City
State
IA
Country
United States
Zip Code
52242

  Publications

Troutman, Beth; Moran, Tracy E; Arndt, Stephan et al. (2012) DEVELOPMENT OF PARENTING SELF-EFFICACY IN MOTHERS OF INFANTS WITH HIGH NEGATIVE EMOTIONALITY. Infant Ment Health J 33:
Troutman, Beth R; Momany, Allison M (2012) Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy and disorganized infant-mother attachment. J Reprod Infant Psychol 30:261-277
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