Influence of mothers’ stress on their infants’ stress level: A preliminary study
# Background In a previous study, mothers' stress was demonstrated to affect the stress of their infants. However, stress is a multi-layered concept, and there is a lack of studies on the type of stress that influences infant stress. # Objective This study examined how various types of mothe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Medical Publishing
2024-03-01
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| Series: | Health Psychology Research |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.52965/001c.93908 |
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| Summary: | # Background
In a previous study, mothers' stress was demonstrated to affect the stress of their infants. However, stress is a multi-layered concept, and there is a lack of studies on the type of stress that influences infant stress.
# Objective
This study examined how various types of mothers' stress influence their infants' stress by measuring stress that emanates from COVID-19, child rearing, and stress levels based on speech and cortisol in saliva.
# Methods
This study was conducted in two phases, and the stress of 21 mother-infant dyad were evaluated using questionnaires, participants' saliva, and voice recording.
# Results
The results demonstrated that maternal stress increased infant stress, rearing stress decreased infant stress, and COVID-19 stress did not affect infant stress. Furthermore, there was no relationship between stress measured using questionnaires and stress measured using saliva, indicating that these factors independently affect infant stress.
# Conclusion
It is clear that stress is multi-layered and that it is necessary to grasp each of the various stresses and their relationship appropriately. |
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| ISSN: | 2420-8124 |