The influence of maternal reflective functioning and parenting behavior on infant development in the context of perinatal intimate partner violence: a study protocol

Table 1 Study design, assessments waves, variables, and measures

Study variables	Pregnancy	Postpartum
Study variables	3rd. trimester (28–32 gestational weeks)	2 months (6–12 weeks)	5 months (20–24 weeks)	12 months (48–52 weeks)
Mother	Sociodemographic and obstetric data¹	Sociodemographic and obstetric data¹
	IPV-related PTSD symptoms² Anxiety symptoms³ Depressive symptoms⁴	IPV-related PTSD symptoms² Anxiety symptoms³ Depressive symptoms⁴	IPV-related PTSD symptoms² Anxiety symptoms³ Depressive symptoms⁴	IPV-related PTSD symptoms² Anxiety symptoms³ Depressive symptoms⁴
	Perinatal IPV⁵	Perinatal IPV⁵	Perinatal IPV⁵	Perinatal IPV⁵
	Mother’s attachment⁶	Mother’s attachment⁶	Mother’s attachment⁶	Mother’s attachment⁶
Mother-Infant		Neuro PRF⁷ Cognitive PRF⁸	Cognitive PRF⁸	Cognitive PRF⁸ Infant-mother attachment⁹
Mother-Infant			Parenting Behavior¹⁰
Infant		Infant development¹¹	Infant development¹¹	Infant development¹¹

Notes. 1.Sociodemographic and obstetric data; 2. PTSD-Checklist for the DSM-5 (PCL-5); 3. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S/T); 4. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS); 5. Violence Against Women Instrument (VAWI); 6. Experiences in Close Relationships–Relationship Structures questionnaire (ECR-RS); 7. Still Face Paradigm (SFP); 8. Prenatal and postpartum Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (Pre-PRFQ and Pos-PRFQ); 9. The Strange Situation Procedure (SSP); 10. Global Rating Scales of Mother-infant Interaction (GRS); 11. The Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ-3); Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE).

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