Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS BR0xaKOB. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We assessed whether there were associations between maternal mental health and individual and co-occurring parenting stressors related to social and financial factors and child health care access. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from the 2000 National Survey of Early Childhood Health. The 5-item Mental Health Inventory was used to measure self-reported mental health. Results. After we controlled for demographic covariates, we found that the following stressors increased the risk of poor maternal mental health : lack of emotional (odds ratio [OR]=3.4 ; 95% confidence interval [Cl]=2.0,5.9) or functional (OR=2.2 ; 95% Cl=1.3,3.7) social support for parenting, too much time spent with child (OR=3.5 ; 95% Cl=2.0,6.1), and difficulty paying for child care (OR=2.3 ; 95% Cl=1.4,3.9). In comparison with mothers without any parenting stressors, mothers reporting 1 stressor had 3 times the odds of poor mental health (OR=3.1 ; 95% Cl=2.1,4.8), and mothers reporting 2 or more stressors had nearly 12 times the odds (OR=11.7 ; 95% Cl=7.1,19.3). Conclusions. If parenting stressors such as those examined here are to be addressed, changes may be required in community support systems, and improvements in relevant social policies may be needed.
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