Mothers' alexithymia, depression and anxiety levels and their association with the quality of mother-infant relationship: A preliminary study

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dc.contributor.authorYurumez, Esra
dc.contributor.authorAkca, Omer Faruk
dc.contributor.authorUgur, Cagatay
dc.contributor.authorUslu, Runa Idil
dc.contributor.authorKilic, Birim Gunay
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:34:38Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:34:38Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective. To evaluate the relationship between mothers and their developmentally normal infants in terms of maternal alexithymia, depression and anxiety, and marital satisfaction. Methods. Fifty children between 18 and 48 months of age, and their mothers, were referred consecutively to the Infant Mental Health Unit of Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The sociodemographic features of the families and the depressive symptoms, anxiety, marital satisfaction and alexithymia levels of the mothers were assessed. The relationships between children in normal developmental stages and their mothers were evaluated and rated using a structured clinical procedure. Results. There was a negative correlation between the mothers' alexithymia scores and the quality of the mother-infant relationship (p < 0.05). Mothers with high alexithymia showed higher depression and lower relationship qualities than mothers with low alexithymia, according to the correlation analysis. When depression and anxiety were controlled, high alexithymia levels were predictive of a low, impaired mother-infant relationship. Conclusion. Since alexithymia is a trait-like variable which has a negative correlation with impairment in a mother-infant relationship, it must be investigated in the assessment of mothers' interactions with their babies.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3109/13651501.2014.940055
dc.identifier.endpage196en_US
dc.identifier.issn1365-1501
dc.identifier.issn1471-1788
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid24994481en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84906276937en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage190en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3109/13651501.2014.940055
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/15680
dc.identifier.volume18en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000344473100007en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal Of Psychiatry In Clinical Practiceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAlexithymiaen_US
dc.subjectMother-Infant Interactionen_US
dc.subjectMother-Child Relationshipen_US
dc.subjectMothers' Depression And Anxietyen_US
dc.titleMothers' alexithymia, depression and anxiety levels and their association with the quality of mother-infant relationship: A preliminary studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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