TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The development of maternal self‐esteem
JO  - Infant mental health journal
A1  - Farrow, C.
A1  - Blissett, J.
SP  - 517
EP  - 535
VL  - 28
IS  - 5
N2  - Although an important theoretical concept, little is known about the development of maternal self-esteem. This study explores the significance of maternal cognitions, psychopathological symptoms, and child temperament in the prediction of prenatal and postnatal maternal self-esteem. During pregnancy 162 women completed measures assessing their unhealthy core beliefs, psychopathological symptoms, and self-esteem. At 1 year postpartum 87 of these women completed measures assessing their self-esteem and their child's temperament. Overall maladaptive maternal core beliefs and psychopathological symptoms during pregnancy explained 19% of the variance in prenatal maternal self-esteem. Forty-two percent of the variance in maternal self-esteem at 1 year could be explained by a combination of prenatal maternal self-esteem, mental health symptoms, maternal core beliefs, and more unsociable infant temperament. Underlying maternal cognitive structures may be important in determining the development of maternal self-esteem.<p /> 
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SN  - 0163-9641
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.20151
ID  - ref1
ER  -