NA;This study focuses on the relationship between parent coping behaviors, parent functioning, and infant temperament characteristics. One hundred mothers and fathers of twohyphen; to threehyphen;monthhyphen;old infants answered a 154hyphen;item selfhyphen;administered questionnaire. The following three parenthyphen;coping behavior patterns emergedcolon; lpar;1rpar; seeking social support and selfhyphen;developmentsemi; lpar;2rpar; maintaining family integritysemi; and lpar;3rpar; being religious, thankful, and content. Parents who were depressed, anxious, and had somatic complaints perceived social support and selfhyphen;development as more helpful and were less focused on maintaining family integrity. Parents who perceived their infant as having a more smiling, laughing temperament, and as a child who cries less, used coping behaviors designed to maintain family integritysemi; they were more religious, thankful, and content. Parents who were depressed and parents who were anxious saw their infants as less soothable and more distressed when faced with limitations.
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