Effect of parental personality during pregnancy on infant temperament

Objective:To explore the effect of parental personality during pregnancy on infant temperament.Methods:133 couples and their infants were randomly recruited.Self-made questionnaire for the related factors of temperament was applied to investigate the maternal psychological and behavioral pattern.Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ) and National 4～8 Months Infant Temperament Questionnaire were used to evaluate the personality of parents and the temperament of infants respectively.Results:Both maternal P score and N score were significantly effect on the types and dimensions of infant temperament.The dimensions of infant temperament were influenced by his father's P score.The parental personality influenced maternal moods and feeling of delivery pain during pregnancy.Conclusion:To promote the psychological development of children,more attentions of pregnancy health care should be paid to the mood self-adjusting,the good personality training.