Preterm birth trauma and early eating difficulties

Journal title MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Author/s Paola Salvatori, Erica Neri, Fiorella Monti, Francesca Agostini, Elena Trombini
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/1
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 55-72 File size 112 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2015-001004
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Preterm birth is a traumatic event both for the mother and for the child and nutrition represents a problematic area. The trauma of prematurity may lead to dysfuctional early mother-child interactions with a high risk of developing difficulties during the lactation and the weaning periods. Within this thereotical framework, we present the preliminary results of a study aimed at exploring the transition to eating autonomy during the second year of life: a topic still little explored in literature. The study involved 20 mother-child preterm dyads and 17 dyads at term assessed at 18 and 24 months. The child eating habitus, maternal mental state and the characteristics of mother- child eating interaction are explored. Result highlight preterm children were less breastfed and show less autonomy during the meal compared to full-term children.

Keywords: Prematurity, mother-child interaction, eating difficulties, maternal distress.

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Paola Salvatori, Erica Neri, Fiorella Monti, Francesca Agostini, Elena Trombini, Trauma della nascita pretermine e problematiche alimentari precoci in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 1/2015, pp 55-72, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2015-001004