title: The linkage between infant negative temperament and parenting self-efficacy: the role of resilience against negative performance feedback.
abstract: Caring for infants with negative reactive temperament may tax parents' confidence in their caregiving ability, or parenting self-efficacy (PSE). This may happen in particular in parents who interpret these signals as negative feedback on their performance. To test this hypothesis, 179 first-time pregnant women were presented a caregiving simulation that provided positive and negative feedback on their attempts to comfort a crying baby. According to their PSE resilience to negative feedback during the task, they were grouped in a high resilient and low resilient group. PSE was followed up at 32 weeks of pregnancy and 3 and 12 months after birth, while perceived temperament of the child was assessed at 3 and 12 months after birth. Results showed that among women with low resilience against negative feedback, perceived negative temperament was negatively associated with PSE at 3 months, whereas no such association was observed among women with high resilience against negative feedback. Implications of the concept of resilience for the study of PSE are discussed.
authors: Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Marije L
authors: ML
authors: Verhage
authors: Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Mirjam
authors: M
authors: Oosterman
authors: Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Schuengel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D030141:Feedback, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013694:Temperament / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: caregiving simulation; individual differences; infant cries; infant temperament; parenting self-efficacy; transition to parenthood