Paternal sensitivity, attachment forerunners and their influence on the psycho-motor development of the newborn. Baldoni Franco1, Facondini Elisa1,2, Minghetti Mattia1, D’Autilia Benedetta1, Dilorenzo Margherita1,3, Cena Loredana4, Chirico Gaetano5, Ancora Gina2. 1 Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy 2 NICU Infermi Hospital, Rimini - AUSL Romagna, Italy 3 Kaleidos Institute, Potenza, Italy 4 Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy 5 NICU Civili Hospital-AUSL Brescia, Italy Presenter email: franco.baldoni@unibo.it Background: Recent research demonstrates that the psychological characteristics of the father are important for the protection of the family and for the child’s development. However, the paternal function is manifested not only by supporting and encouraging his partner to foster a good mother-child bond, but also directly in the relation with the child. Aim: Aim of this research was to study the influence of attachment forerunners and parental sensitivity of the father on the child’s psycho-motor development. Methods: A sample of 61 father-child couples, divided in 34 term and 27 preterm (birth weight < 1500 g) newborns, were assessed during the first 6 months of corrected age. At 3 months of corrected age, the CARE-Index (Crittenden, 2004), a video-recorded procedure of adult-child spontaneous interaction evaluating parental sensitivity and attachment forerunners, was administered to all father-child couples. At 6 months of corrected age, the child’s psycho-motor development was assessed through the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID III). Results: In term-born children an association with father’s high Dyadic Sensitivity (p=.001), father’s ‘Sensitive’ attachment forerunner (p=.010) and child’s ‘Cooperative’ attachment forerunner (p=.015) emerged. Conversely, father’s low Dyadic Sensitivity, father’s ‘Non-Responsive’ attachment forerunner and child’s ‘Difficult’ attachment forerunner were associated with preterm-born children. Both in term and preterm birth, father’s attachment forerunners resulted associated with the Expressive Language Scale (p=.014) (BSID-III) and the father’s dyadic sensitivity resulted associated with the Expressive Language Scale (p=.016) and the Motor Scale-Fine Motor Subscale (p=0.44) (BSID-III). Conclusions: The results of this study evidence the influence of father’s sensitivity and attachment forerunners on the child’s development from early stages of life. Poor parental sensitivity and high-risk attachment forerunners resulted associated with a negative child’s psychomotor development, in term and preterm newborns. A more sensitive paternal relationship was associated with better child’s motor and language performance.
Paternal sensitivity, attachment forerunners and their influence on the psycho-motor development of the newborn.
Baldoni F.
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;Minghetti M.Methodology
;D'AUTILIA, BENEDETTAData Curation
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2018
Abstract
Paternal sensitivity, attachment forerunners and their influence on the psycho-motor development of the newborn. Baldoni Franco1, Facondini Elisa1,2, Minghetti Mattia1, D’Autilia Benedetta1, Dilorenzo Margherita1,3, Cena Loredana4, Chirico Gaetano5, Ancora Gina2. 1 Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy 2 NICU Infermi Hospital, Rimini - AUSL Romagna, Italy 3 Kaleidos Institute, Potenza, Italy 4 Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy 5 NICU Civili Hospital-AUSL Brescia, Italy Presenter email: franco.baldoni@unibo.it Background: Recent research demonstrates that the psychological characteristics of the father are important for the protection of the family and for the child’s development. However, the paternal function is manifested not only by supporting and encouraging his partner to foster a good mother-child bond, but also directly in the relation with the child. Aim: Aim of this research was to study the influence of attachment forerunners and parental sensitivity of the father on the child’s psycho-motor development. Methods: A sample of 61 father-child couples, divided in 34 term and 27 preterm (birth weight < 1500 g) newborns, were assessed during the first 6 months of corrected age. At 3 months of corrected age, the CARE-Index (Crittenden, 2004), a video-recorded procedure of adult-child spontaneous interaction evaluating parental sensitivity and attachment forerunners, was administered to all father-child couples. At 6 months of corrected age, the child’s psycho-motor development was assessed through the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID III). Results: In term-born children an association with father’s high Dyadic Sensitivity (p=.001), father’s ‘Sensitive’ attachment forerunner (p=.010) and child’s ‘Cooperative’ attachment forerunner (p=.015) emerged. Conversely, father’s low Dyadic Sensitivity, father’s ‘Non-Responsive’ attachment forerunner and child’s ‘Difficult’ attachment forerunner were associated with preterm-born children. Both in term and preterm birth, father’s attachment forerunners resulted associated with the Expressive Language Scale (p=.014) (BSID-III) and the father’s dyadic sensitivity resulted associated with the Expressive Language Scale (p=.016) and the Motor Scale-Fine Motor Subscale (p=0.44) (BSID-III). Conclusions: The results of this study evidence the influence of father’s sensitivity and attachment forerunners on the child’s development from early stages of life. Poor parental sensitivity and high-risk attachment forerunners resulted associated with a negative child’s psychomotor development, in term and preterm newborns. A more sensitive paternal relationship was associated with better child’s motor and language performance.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
