Dollberg Daphna G, Harlev Yael, Malishkevitch Sivan, Leitner Yael
School of Behavioral Sciences, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Child Development Center, Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Feb 23;13:804694. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.804694. eCollection 2022.
We examined group differences between parents, both mothers and fathers, of premature and full-term infants to determine whether they differed in their reports of subjective parenting stress and in their level of parental reflective functioning (PRF). We also tested whether each parent's reflective functioning moderated the links between birth status (prematurity vs. full-term) and parenting stress. A sample of 73 cohabiting, heterosexual Israeli families with a premature (28-36th week gestational age, = 34) or full-term infant (37th week and above gestational age, = 39) participated, comprising the two parents' groups. Infants' age averaged 7.07 months (SD = 1.28). Each parent completed the Parent Stress Inventory (PSI) individually to determine his/her subjective personal and childrearing stress levels. The Parent Development Interview (PDI-R2-S) was used to obtain each parent's PRF (self and child/relation-focused) level. Findings showed that the premature and full-term parents did not differ in their PSI scores or PRF levels. However, mothers' self-focused PRF moderated the link between prematurity and personal parenting stress, whereas fathers' self-focused PRF moderated the link between prematurity and childrearing parenting stress. Furthermore, fathers' and mothers' PRF operated differently in the premature and full-term parents' groups. The findings highlight the importance of mothers' and fathers' PRF in predicting parents' subjective stress in general and particularly in the case of infant prematurity. We discuss these findings and their relevance for preventive and therapeutic perinatal interventions.
我们研究了早产和足月婴儿的父母（包括母亲和父亲）之间的群体差异，以确定他们在主观育儿压力报告和父母反思功能（PRF）水平上是否存在差异。我们还测试了每位父母的反思功能是否调节了出生状态（早产与足月）与育儿压力之间的联系。共有73个同居的异性以色列家庭参与了研究，这些家庭中有一个早产婴儿（胎龄28 - 36周，平均胎龄 = 34周）或足月婴儿（胎龄37周及以上，平均胎龄 = 39周），组成了两个父母群体。婴儿的平均年龄为7.07个月（标准差 = 1.28）。每位父母分别完成了《父母压力量表》（PSI），以确定其主观的个人和育儿压力水平。使用《父母发展访谈》（PDI - R2 - S）来获取每位父母的PRF（自我和以孩子/关系为重点）水平。研究结果表明，早产和足月婴儿的父母在PSI得分或PRF水平上没有差异。然而，母亲以自我为重点的PRF调节了早产与个人育儿压力之间的联系，而父亲以自我为重点的PRF调节了早产与育儿压力之间的联系。此外，父亲和母亲的PRF在早产和足月父母群体中的作用方式不同。这些发现凸显了母亲和父亲的PRF在预测父母总体主观压力，特别是在婴儿早产情况下的重要性。我们讨论了这些发现及其与围产期预防和治疗干预措施的相关性。
