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Maternal sensitivity and mother-infant attachment are associated with antibiotic uptake in infancy

Journal

JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 9, Pages 2197-2210

Publisher

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1359105320941245

Keywords

antibiotics; attachment style; health care; infants; maternal sensitivity

Funding

  1. Ministry of Education and Science, Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [PTDC/MHC-PED/1424/2014, PTDC/PSI-EDD/110682/2009, UIDP/00329/2020]
  2. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [UIDP/00329/2020, PTDC/PSI-EDD/110682/2009] Funding Source: FCT

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This study suggests that maternal behavior and mother-infant attachment impact the consumption of antibiotics, with insecure-ambivalent infants being more likely to consume antibiotics.
Attachment security has been associated with health status and symptom reporting. In this longitudinal study, we investigated the association between antibiotics uptake by infants at 9-months and mother-infant attachment at 12-months. Logistic regression analyses indicated that lower maternal sensitivity was associated with increased odds of antibiotic uptake. Furthermore, 89.7% of insecure-ambivalent infants consumed antibiotics, which contrasted with 32.5% of avoidant infants and 21.5% of secure infants. This study suggests that maternal behavior and mother-infant attachment impact on antibiotic consumption, which is worrying because antibiotics may lead to several health problems later in life and antibiotic-resistance.

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