BIBLIOS

Document type
Journal articles

Document subtype
Full paper

Title
Maternal sensitivity and mother-infant attachment are associated with antibiotic uptake in infancy

Participants in the publication
Marina Fuertes (Author)
FACULDADE DE PSICOLOGIA E CIÊNCIAS DA EDUCAÇÃO DA UP
ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE EDUCAÇÃO DE LISBOA
Joana L Gonçalves (Author)
Anabela Faria (Author)
Pedro Lopes-dos-Santos (Author)
FACULDADE DE PSICOLOGIA E CIÊNCIAS DA EDUCAÇÃO DA UP
Inês C Conceição (Author)
Francisco Dionisio (Author)
Dep. Biologia Vegetal
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Summary
Attachment security has been associated with health status and symptom reporting. In this longitudinal study, we investigated the association between antibiotics uptake by infants at 9-months and mother-infant attachment at 12-months. Logistic regression analyses indicated that lower maternal sensitivity was associated with increased odds of antibiotic uptake. Furthermore, 89.7% of insecure-ambivalent infants consumed antibiotics, which contrasted with 32.5% of avoidant infants and 21.5% of secure infants. This study suggests that maternal behavior and mother-infant attachment impact on antibiotic consumption, which is worrying because antibiotics may lead to several health problems later in life and antibiotic-resistance.


Institution
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Where published
Journal of Health Psychology

Publication Identifiers
ISSN - 1359-1053

Publisher
SAGE Publications



Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320941245
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105320941245

Rankings
SCOPUS Q1 (2021) - 5.5 - Applied Psychology

Keywords
antibiotics attachment style health care infants maternal sensitivity

Notes
This paper was first published online July 14, 2020.