Tese de doutoramento em Psicologia (ramo de conhecimento em Psicologia Clínica) ; This study aims to (1) identify and profile groups of infants according to their psychophysiological characteristics, considering neurobehavior organization, social withdrawal behavior and neuroendocrine reactivity to stress, and (2) analyze group differences on the quality of mother-infant interaction, temperament and attachmen...
Background: High-anxiety and depression rates have been reported in women during pregnancy; however men and parity effects have not been studied as extensively. The purpose of this study was to analyze anxiety and depression in women and their partners during pregnancy, namely differences between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd pregnancy trimesters, between women and men, and between primiparous and multiparous. Methods: ...
The way mothers reconstruct the childbirth experience during the early postpartum period may interfere in their mood and predisposion to get pregnant again. This study explored continuity and changes in the perception of childbirth experience throughout the first six postpartum months, taking into account different types of delivery. The sample consisted of 68 portuguese pregnant women who filled oin the Childb...
Dans le but d'étudier l'anxiété, la dépression et l'investissement émotionnel prénatal de l'enfant, 87 femmes primipares ont rempli, pendant le troisiéme trimestre de grossesse, la version portugaise de l'Edinbourgh Postnatal Depression Scale, du State-Trait Anxiety Inventory et du New other-to-Infant Bonding Scale. Des niveaux éléves de symptomatologie anxieuse et dépressive ainsi que d'investissement émotion...
Objective: To study prevalence as well as risk factors for pregnancy and postpartum depression in a sample of adolescent and adult Portuguese mothers. Methods: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was administered to 108 (54 adult and 54 adolescent) Portuguese women at 24–36 weeks of pregnancy and at 2–3 months postpartum. Results: Rates for EPDS > 12 are high during the 3rd trimester of pregna...
While infant attachment has been largely studied, parental attachment is still relatively unknown, especially when referred to fathers. However, it is mainly recognised that parents’ emotional involvement with the newborn contributes to the quality of the interaction and the care they provide. The aim of this study was to study mother-to-infant and father-to-infant initial emotional involvement; namely, dif...
The aim of this portuguese study is to compare the experience of pregnancy in teenage years and later adulthood and to examine insecure attachment style as a risk factor for depression during pregnancy. The Attachment Style Interview (ASI; Bifulco, Moran, Ball & Bernazzani, 2002) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; Cox, Holden, & Sagovsky, 1987) were administered to 66 pregnant adolescents and 6...
O estudo apresentado neste artigo destina-se a investigar a qualidade do relacionamento da mulher com pessoas significativas durante a gravidez. Mais precisamente tem por objectivos (1) descrever e comparar a qualidade do relacionamento com o companheiro e com uma outra pessoa significativa e (2) encontrar as características sociais e demográficas e as condições anteriores de existência que se associam à presen...
O presente estudo tem por principal objectivo caracterizar as condições relativas à gravidez na adolescência em Portugal. Com as análises das mudanças que ocorrem ao longo da gestação, em áreas significativas da vida da adolescente, pretende-se também contribuir para o melhor conhecimento das dificuldades associadas a esta problemática. As condições que favorecem a adaptação à gravidez da adolescente foram igua...
Neste artigo apresentamos a escala Bonding destinada a avaliar o envolvimento emocional dos pais com o bebé; versão portuguesa alargada do Mother-Baby Bonding Questionnaire (Taylor, Adams, Doré, Kumar, & Glover, in press). A versão original do instrumento, constituída por 8 itens de auto-relato numa escala de tipo "Lickert" de 4 pontos, foi traduzida e acrescentada; uma nova versão de 12 itens foi administrada,...
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