How Motherhood and Poverty Change the Brain

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Pilyoung; Bianco, Hannah
Titel	How Motherhood and Poverty Change the Brain
Quelle	In: ZERO TO THREE, 34 (2014) 4, S.29-36 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0736-8038
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Stress Variables; Mothers; Mental Health; Parenting Skills; Brain; Emotional Response; Infants; Neurological Organization; At Risk Persons; Depression (Psychology); Parenting Styles; Intervention; Parent Child Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Mother; Mutter; Psychohygiene; Gehirn; Emotionales Verhalten; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Risikogruppe; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Poverty-associated chronic stress is a serious threat not only to a mother's mental health but also to maternal functioning. Recent neuroimaging studies suggest that a mother's brain undergoes dynamic changes to support her transition to parenthood, including better emotion regulation and heightened sensitivity to infants. However, we propose that the chronic stress experienced by low-income mothers may result in damage to such adaptive neural changes, and in turn increase risk for postpartum depression and harsh parenting. Understanding of the neurobiological risk markers involved may help develop more precise interventions and treatments aimed at improving low-income mothers' psychological health and mother-infant relationships. (As Provided).
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