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Julie Poehlmann , Cynthia Burnson & Lindsay A. Weymouth a
Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA Published online: 28 Feb 2014.
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Attachment & Human Development, 2014 Vol. 16, No. 3, 271–291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2014.884610
Early parenting, represented family relationships, and externalizing behavior problems in children born preterm Julie Poehlmann*, Cynthia Burnson and Lindsay A. Weymouth
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Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA (Received 30 May 2013; accepted 14 January 2014) Through assessment of 173 preterm infants and their mothers at hospital discharge and at 9, 16, 24, 36, and 72 months, the study examined early parenting, attachment security, effortful control, and children’s representations of family relationships in relation to subsequent externalizing behavior problems. Less intrusive early parenting predicted more secure attachment, better effortful control skills, and fewer early behavior problems, although it did not directly relate to the structural or content characteristics of children’s represented family relationships. Children with higher effortful control scores at 24 months had more coherent family representations at 36 months. Moreover, children who exhibited less avoidance in their family representations at 36 months had fewer mother-reported externalizing behavior problems at 72 months. The study suggests that early parenting quality and avoidance in children’s represented relationships are important for the development of externalizing behavior problems in children born preterm. Keywords: attachment; effortful control; family; preterm; relationships
Introduction Positive parenting and parent–child relationships are closely associated with resilience in children experiencing significant risk (Ainsworth, Bell, & Stayton, 1971; Masten & Coatsworth, 1998). Further research focusing on the internalization of positive parent– child and family relationships in high risk children can reveal potential protective processes and contribute to theory and research seeking to understand child well-being in the context of risk (Bretherton & Munholland, 1999). The present study examined representations of family relationships in young children born preterm (
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Early parenting, represented family relationships, and externalizing behavior problems in children born preterm a
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Julie Poehlmann , Cynthia Burnson & Lindsay A. Weymouth a
Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA Published online: 28 Feb 2014.
To cite this article: Julie Poehlmann, Cynthia Burnson & Lindsay A. Weymouth (2014) Early parenting, represented family relationships, and externalizing behavior problems in children born preterm, Attachment & Human Development, 16:3, 271-291, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.884610 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2014.884610
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Attachment & Human Development, 2014 Vol. 16, No. 3, 271–291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2014.884610
Early parenting, represented family relationships, and externalizing behavior problems in children born preterm Julie Poehlmann*, Cynthia Burnson and Lindsay A. Weymouth
Downloaded by [Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen] at 01:49 23 October 2014
Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA (Received 30 May 2013; accepted 14 January 2014) Through assessment of 173 preterm infants and their mothers at hospital discharge and at 9, 16, 24, 36, and 72 months, the study examined early parenting, attachment security, effortful control, and children’s representations of family relationships in relation to subsequent externalizing behavior problems. Less intrusive early parenting predicted more secure attachment, better effortful control skills, and fewer early behavior problems, although it did not directly relate to the structural or content characteristics of children’s represented family relationships. Children with higher effortful control scores at 24 months had more coherent family representations at 36 months. Moreover, children who exhibited less avoidance in their family representations at 36 months had fewer mother-reported externalizing behavior problems at 72 months. The study suggests that early parenting quality and avoidance in children’s represented relationships are important for the development of externalizing behavior problems in children born preterm. Keywords: attachment; effortful control; family; preterm; relationships
Introduction Positive parenting and parent–child relationships are closely associated with resilience in children experiencing significant risk (Ainsworth, Bell, & Stayton, 1971; Masten & Coatsworth, 1998). Further research focusing on the internalization of positive parent– child and family relationships in high risk children can reveal potential protective processes and contribute to theory and research seeking to understand child well-being in the context of risk (Bretherton & Munholland, 1999). The present study examined representations of family relationships in young children born preterm (
