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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2001, pp. 93-104
© 2001 Society of Pediatric Psychology

Parenting Stress in Mothers of Very-Low-Birth-Weight (VLBW) and Full-Term Infants: A Function of Infant Behavioral Characteristics and Child-Rearing Attitudes

Leslie F. Halpern, PhD1, Kerry L. Brand, BA1 and Anthony F. Malone, MD2

1 University at Albany, State University of New York, 2 Albany Medical College

All correspondence should be sent to Leslie F. Halpern, University of Albany, Dept. of Psychology, Social Science 112, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222. E-mail: lhalpern{at}csc.albany.edu .

Objective: To examine the moderating effects of child-rearing attitudes on the relation between parenting stress and infant behavioral characteristics for mothers of very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) and full-term infants.

Methods: Fifty-six 9-month-old infants (23 VLBW and 33 full-term) and their mothers were the participants. Mothers completed measures of parenting stress, child-rearing attitudes, infant temperament, and infant behavioral problems.

Results: The VLBW infants had a higher frequency of behavioral problems, and their mothers reported more child health concerns than the mothers of the full-term infants. Regression analyses showed that the relation between parenting stress and infant distress was moderated at medium and high levels of parental strictness for only the VLBW infants.

Conclusions: The amount of stress the mothers of the VLBW infants experienced was a result of the congruence between their infant's behavioral characteristics and their own child-rearing attitudes.

Key words: VLBW infants; parenting stress; child-rearing attitudes; temperament; behavioral problems.


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