Assessment of Mothers' Shaking Behavior of their Babies and Related Factors: An Experimental Approach Using an Accelerometer and an Infant Manikin.

Bahadır A. T., Bersu Hoşgör Öztürk E., Dinçer Alkan S., Albayrak K., Berk Altıntaş T., Çelik E., ...Daha Fazla

Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.210-220, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/pcp.2024.24852
  • Dergi Adı: Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.210-220
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Our study aimed to investigate the factors associated with mothers’ shaking behavior of

their babies.

Methods: Sixty-three mothers who stated that they shook their babies (Group B) and 91 mothers

who stated that they did not (Group A) among those who applied to or were followed up from the

Pediatric Outpatient Clinics of our University Hospital were included. The mothers (with a baby aged

0-30 months) completed the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and psychiatric rating scales measuring

attachment styles, empathic tendency, perceived social support, and self-esteem. The severity of the

simulated shaking of the mothers was measured by an accelerometer placed on an infant manikin and

separately scored on a Numerical Rating Scale by the researchers and an Illustrated Numeric Rating

Scale by the mothers.

Results: In group B, babies’ crying frequency was higher (P = .008); soothing the babies when they cried

was more difficult (P = .019), mothers reported that they were exposed to physical violence more in their

childhood (P = .003), BSI hostility scores (P = .004) and BSI-anxiety scores (P = .034) of the mothers were

higher when compared with the group A. The age of the babies (P = .002, OR = 1.096), moderate crying

frequency (P = .035, OR = 2.900), the mothers’ difficulty in soothing their babies (sometimes P = .018,

OR = 3.705, often/always P = .014, OR = 7.777), and the mothers’ experience of physical violence in

childhood (P = .002, OR = 5.674) were found to be factors affecting the shaking behavior.

Conclusion: Clarifying the factors associated with the mothers’ shaking behavior of their babies would

be helpful in terms of protecting future generations.