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Stability and Change in Longitudinal Associations between Child Behavior Problems and Maternal Stress in Families with Preterm Born Children, Follow-Up after a RCT-Study

by
Inger P. Landsem
1,2,*,
Bjørn H. Handegård
2,
Per I. Kaaresen
1,2,
Jorunn Tunby
1,2,
Stein E. Ulvund
2,3 and
John A. Rønning
2
1
Child- and Adolescent Department, University Hospital of North Norway, 9016 Tromsø, Norway
2
Department for Health Scienses, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
3
Department of Education, Institute of pedagogics, University of Oslo, 0317 Oslo, Norway
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Children 2019, 6(2), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/children6020019
Received: 19 December 2018 / Revised: 28 January 2019 / Accepted: 28 January 2019 / Published: 31 January 2019
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The Tromsø Intervention Study on Preterms (TISP) randomized 146 preterm-born children either to the Mother-Infant Transaction Program (MITP) or to a preterm control group. Previously, significant reductions of child behavior problems and maternal stress have been reported in the intervention group. This follow-up study examines whether the MITP may have affected the longitudinal adaptation between mothers and their children from two until nine years, expressed as associations between different behavioral problems and parenting stress reported by mothers. Associations between internalizing, attentional, and social problems and different dimensions of parenting stress were analyzed in separate models that included effects of time and group status. The MITP did not influence the development of longitudinal associations as no significant three-way interaction (stress*group*time) was found. Significant stress by group interactions was only found in reports on children’s attentional problems when analyzed with parent- or interaction-related stress. Mothers who had participated in the MITP reported weaker stress–behavior associations than control mothers. This effect was moderated by two independent variables, namely children’s birthweight and years of maternal education for the parent–child difficult interaction stress. View Full-Text
Keywords: prematurity; parent–child interaction; parenting stress; behavior problems; early intervention; longitudinal prematurity; parent–child interaction; parenting stress; behavior problems; early intervention; longitudinal
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Landsem, I.P.; Handegård, B.H.; Kaaresen, P.I.; Tunby, J.; Ulvund, S.E.; Rønning, J.A. Stability and Change in Longitudinal Associations between Child Behavior Problems and Maternal Stress in Families with Preterm Born Children, Follow-Up after a RCT-Study. Children 2019, 6, 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/children6020019

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Landsem IP, Handegård BH, Kaaresen PI, Tunby J, Ulvund SE, Rønning JA. Stability and Change in Longitudinal Associations between Child Behavior Problems and Maternal Stress in Families with Preterm Born Children, Follow-Up after a RCT-Study. Children. 2019; 6(2):19. https://doi.org/10.3390/children6020019

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Landsem, Inger P., Bjørn H. Handegård, Per I. Kaaresen, Jorunn Tunby, Stein E. Ulvund, and John A. Rønning. 2019. "Stability and Change in Longitudinal Associations between Child Behavior Problems and Maternal Stress in Families with Preterm Born Children, Follow-Up after a RCT-Study" Children 6, no. 2: 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/children6020019

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