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EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Volume 87, Issue 4, Pages 273-280Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.01.030
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Premature infant; Neonatal; Stress; Neurodevelopment; Parenting Stress
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development [HD39783]
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research [MOP42469]
- Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
- Child and Family Research Institute
- Louise and Alan Edwards Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Pain Research
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Background: Higher parenting stress in mothers of children born very preterm may be in part a response to poorer neurobehavioral development, reflecting realistic concerns in addition to adaptation to the trauma of preterm delivery. To our knowledge, there are few longitudinal studies of parenting stress that have addressed child cognitive competence. Aims: To examine parenting stress in preterm and full-term children at 8 and 18 months corrected chronological age (CCA), in relation to child cognitive development and behavior. Subjects: Participants were N = 152 children (98 preterm born <= 32 weeks gestation, and 54 full-term) seen at 8 and 18 months CCA, and the primary caregiver parent. Study design/Outcome measures: The Parenting !;tress Index questionnaire was completed by a parent, child interactive behavior was videotaped, and the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID II, Mental Development Index: MDI) were administered at both ages. Results: Total Parenting Stress was higher in preterm than full-term children at 8 and 18 months CCA (p <.02). accounted for primarily by the Child domain. Hierarchical regression showed (after controlling for neonatal risk, number of children in the home, child interactive behavior and maternal education) that decreasing Bayley MDI scores from 8 to 18 months CCA predicted higher parenting stress for preterm children. For fullterm children, number of children in the home and child interactive behavior predicted parental stress at 18 months. Conclusion: Higher parenting stress persisting to 18 months CCA in preterm children may partly reflect realistic parental concerns with their child's development. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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