Is Neighborhood Nature an Ecological Precursor of Parenting Practices, Infant-Parent Bonding, and Infant Socioemotional Function?

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  • Lærke Mygind
  • Christopher Greenwood
  • Primrose Letcher
  • Suzanne Mavoa
  • Kate Lycett
  • Yichao Wang
  • Flensborg-Madsen, Trine
  • Peter Bentsen
  • Jacqui A. Macdonald
  • Kimberly Thomson
  • Delyse Hutchinson
  • Craig A. Olsson
  • Peter G. Enticott
Nurturing relationships are crucial for adaptive child development. The objectives of the study were to investigate whether nature availability was associated with early nurturing parenting practices, mother-infant bonding, and infant socioemotional function. Data were from the Australian Temperament Project (n = 809 infants to 515 parents residing in Victoria, Australia) and were linked cross-sectionally to residential greenness (i.e., Normalized Difference in Vegetation Index). There were no observable associations between residential greenness within a 1,600 m network radius and parenting practices, mother-infant bonding, or infant socioemotional function. The findings were largely corroborated by sensitivity analyses (i.e., NDVI within 100, 250, 500, and 1,000 m and distance to park). Shorter distances to a park were associated with less hostile parenting. More residential greenness (1,000 and 1,600 m) was associated with stronger father-infant bonding and more hostile parenting amongst the most stressed parents in exploratory analyses. Residential greenness might be a socioecological precursor for father-infant bonding.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEnvironment and Behavior
Vol/bind55
Udgave nummer4
Sider (fra-til)278-306
Antal sider29
ISSN0013-9165
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The Australian Temperament Project (ATP) Generation 3 study is located at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and is a collaboration between Deakin University, The University of Melbourne, The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Australian Institute of Family Studies, The University of New South Wales, The University of Otago (NZ), La Trobe University and the Royal Children’s Hospital; further information available at https://www.melbournechildrens.com/atp/ . This work was supported by the Australian Research Council [DP130101459; DP160103160; DP180102447], and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [APP1082406]. We acknowledge all collaborators who have contributed to the ATP, especially founding investigators Profs Ann Sanson, Margot Prior, Frank Oberklaid, and Dr Diana Smart. Further we would like to thank Jessica Oakley for conducting the geocoding of the participant addresses. Finally, we would like to extend our gratitude to the participating families for their time and invaluable contribution to the study. LM was supported by Deakin University [PhD scholarship, without grant number]. PE was supported by a Future Fellowship form the Australian Research Council [FT160100077]. CO was supported by a National Health and Medical Council (NHMRC) of Australia Investigator Grant (and Fellowship) [APP10882406]. DH was supported by a National Health and Medical Council (NHMRC) of Australia Investigator Grant (and Fellowship) [APP1197488]. KL was supported by NHMRC Early Career Fellowship 1091124 and Honorary NHF Postdoctoral Fellowship [101239]. YW was supported by an Executive Dean Health Research Fellowship from Deakin University. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We would like to thank the participating children and parents, as well as the anonymous reviewers.

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