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Cui Z, Duprey EB, Huffman LG, Liu S, Smith EP, Caughy MO, Oshri A. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Physical Disorder, Parenting Strategies, and Youths' Future Orientation. JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2025; 96:101730. [PMID: 39866553 PMCID: PMC11759480 DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2025]
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Neighborhood disadvantage has been linked to youths' diminished future orientation, defined as the degree to which one thinks about, anticipates, and plans for the future. Yet, parenting behaviors may moderate this link. Using longitudinal data from parent-child dyads (n = 101, 51.5% females; 75.2% African American) collected across two years, one year apart, this study examined whether parental support, behavioral, and psychological control moderated the links between neighborhood socioeconomic [SES] disadvantage and physical disorder and youths' future orientation. Results showed that 1) both observed and parent-reported support at Year 1 mitigated the negative impact of neighborhood SES disadvantage on future orientation; 2) parent-reported support at Year 1, however, intensified the negative effect of neighborhood physical disorder; 3) parent-reported psychological control at Year 1 protected against the negative impact of neighborhood physical disorder. Our findings highlight the importance of understanding how neighborhood adversity and parenting interact to shape youths' future orientation.
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- Zehua Cui
- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Children’s Institute, Rochester, NY, United States
- Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
- Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Program, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Schwartz L, Hayut O, Levy J, Gordon I, Feldman R. Sensitive infant care tunes a frontotemporal interbrain network in adolescence. Sci Rep 2024; 14:22602. [PMID: 39349700 PMCID: PMC11442694 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73630-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2024] [Accepted: 09/19/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024] Open
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Caregiving plays a critical role in children's cognitive, emotional, and psychological well-being. In the current longitudinal study, we investigated the enduring effects of early maternal behavior on processes of interbrain synchrony in adolescence. Mother-infant naturalistic interactions were filmed when infants were 3-4 months old and interactions were coded for maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness with the Coding Interactive Behavior Manual. In early adolescence (Mean = 12.30, SD = 1.25), mother-adolescent interbrain synchrony was measured using hyperscanning EEG during a naturalistic interaction of positive valence. Guided by previous hyperscanning studies, we focused on interbrain connections within the right frontotemporal interbrain network. Results indicate that maternal sensitivity in early infancy was longitudinally associated with neural synchrony in the right interbrain frontotemporal network. Post-hoc comparisons highlighted enhancement of mother-adolescent frontal-frontal connectivity, a connection that has been implicated in parent-child social communication. In contrast, maternal intrusiveness in infancy was linked with attenuation of interbrain synchrony in the right interbrain frontotemporal network. Sensitivity and intrusiveness are key maternal social orientations that have shown to be individually stable in the mother-child relationship from infancy to adulthood and foreshadow children's positive and negative social-emotional outcomes, respectively. Our findings are the first to demonstrate that these two maternal orientations play a role in enhancing or attenuating the child's interbrain frontotemporal network, which sustains social communication and affiliation. Results suggest that the reported long-term impact of maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness may relate, in part, to its effects on tuning the child's brain to sociality.
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- Linoy Schwartz
- Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, Reichman University, Herzliya, 0460101, Israel
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- Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, Reichman University, Herzliya, 0460101, Israel
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- Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, Reichman University, Herzliya, 0460101, Israel
- Department of Criminology and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Psychology and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, USA
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- Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience, Reichman University, Herzliya, 0460101, Israel.
- Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
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Suma K, Caughy MO, Bakeman R, Washington J, Murray BK, Owen MT. Active Direction: A new observational measure of African American parenting. Infant Behav Dev 2024; 76:101955. [PMID: 38733670 PMCID: PMC11384543 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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A new observational measure of a culturally salient, supportive African American parenting style, Active Direction, was developed. Ratings were compared to standard qualitative ratings and across two ethnic groups. Active Direction represents the provision of structure to interactions in the form of corrective direction with clear and concise feedback that is assessed for supportiveness rather than simple content or tone. The 7-point rating item was examined in observations of African American (n = 172) and Hispanic American (n = 196) mother-child interactions collected at age 2.5 years in families from low-income households. Ratings were compared and associations to previously reported ratings of the interactions were examined. Active Direction was often observed among the African American mothers (81%) but rarely observed among the Hispanic mothers (16%), with a large effect size difference, supporting the hypothesis that Active Direction may represent a culturally specific approach to parenting for African American parents. Maternal behavior correlations of Active Direction with cognitive stimulation, intrusiveness, scaffolding, and calm authority and with child affiliative obedience and dyadic routines and rituals were significantly higher and detachment significantly lower in the African American compared to the Hispanic sample. The new measure of Active Direction, centered around culturally salient values and differences in both historical and lived experiences, addresses characteristics of parenting in African American families that are supportive of their children's development and provides a fruitful direction for future research.
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- Katharine Suma
- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- School of Education, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States
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- School of Education, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States
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Zerrouk M, Ravigopal T, Bell MA. Assessing anxiety problems in a community sample during toddlerhood: The impact of child temperament and maternal intrusiveness. Infant Behav Dev 2024; 75:101932. [PMID: 38492253 PMCID: PMC11162957 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Previous research indicates that child temperament and maternal behaviors are related to internalizing behaviors in children. We assessed whether maternal intrusiveness (MI) observed at 10-months would moderate the impact of temperamental fear and the impact of inhibitory control (IC) at 24 months on anxiety problems at 36 months. A mother-child interaction task was coded for MI. Behavioral tasks were given to assess children's IC. Parents completed questionnaires about their children's temperamental fear and anxiety problems. Results showed that greater temperamental fear reported at 24 months predicted greater anxiety problems reported at 36 months, regardless of MI levels. Lower levels of IC at 24 months predicted more anxiety problems reported at 36 months when children experienced greater MI. These findings illustrate the importance of examining both intrinsic and extrinsic factors, independently and interactively, that contribute to children's anxiety problems in toddlerhood.
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Bozicevic L, Hill J, Chandra PS, Omirou A, Holla C, Wright N, Sharp H. Cross-cultural differences in early caregiving: levels of mind-mindedness and instruction in UK and India. FRONTIERS IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY 2023; 2:1124883. [PMID: 39839594 PMCID: PMC11748801 DOI: 10.3389/frcha.2023.1124883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2025]
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Introduction Most studies on parenting and its role in child development are conducted in Western countries, but it cannot be assumed that characteristics of parental practices are similar in non-Western settings. Research characterizing cultural differences in parenting is required to inform the focus of studies designed to test differential outcomes from such practices in children over time and across cultures. The present cross-cultural study examined differences in maternal speech during mother-child interactions, and, specifically, in the use of mind-mindedness, instruction and control, and the expression of warmth (i.e., positive comments). Methods We observed 100 dyads (50 from the UK and 50 from India) during mother-infant play interactions at 7 months. Maternal speech was transcribed and translated prior to independent coding, and this was coded using established measures together with a newly developed measure of "Instructions". Results Substantially large differences between UK and Indian mothers were observed. Compared with UK mothers, Indian mothers made fewer mind-minded comments about their infants, and they issued more instructions and made more controlling and positive comments. Findings from this study might reflect cultural differences in how parental style might be expressed according to cultural priorities and values. Conclusions The implications of these very large differences in parenting across cultures for child development remain to be investigated and are discussed in the present paper.
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- Laura Bozicevic
- Department of Primary Care & Mental Health, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Primary Care & Mental Health, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Naqvi JB, Liu RS, Helgeson VS, Hamm ME. Intrusive social support among Black and White individuals with type 2 diabetes: A "Control issue" or a sign of "Concern and love"? PLoS One 2023; 18:e0288258. [PMID: 37552662 PMCID: PMC10409292 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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Family members and friends play an important supportive role in the management of chronic illnesses like diabetes, which often require substantial lifestyle changes. Some studies suggest that there may be racial differences in the kinds of support people receive, though little research has examined this idea within a chronic illness context. The current research takes a qualitative approach to examining similarities and differences between Black and White individuals with type 2 diabetes in the dimensions of support received from their family members, with a particular focus on better understanding more intrusive forms of support, such as unsolicited and overprotective support. Semi-structured interviews were conducted (N = 32) to characterize differences in support received by Black and White individuals with type 2 diabetes. The results of the thematic analysis suggested that unsolicited and overprotective support were not universally perceived to be negative, as previous work on White populations seemed to suggest. Rather, if the support provided was perceived as inhibiting autonomy, it was generally undesired by participants from both racial groups-however, for Black participants, knowing that the support was provided out of love could make it more acceptable. The analysis also revealed several underexplored dimensions of received support, including the directiveness of support and the tone used to deliver support. The current study provides an initial step towards grounding social support theory in the experiences of marginalized populations and will inform further development of a culturally sensitive measure of social support for individuals with chronic illness.
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- Jeanean B. Naqvi
- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Stewart EK, Kotelnikova Y, Olino TM, Hayden EP. Early childhood impulsivity and parenting predict children's development of externalizing psychopathology. Dev Psychopathol 2023:1-13. [PMID: 37144393 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423000482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Parenting and child impulsivity are consistent predictors of children's externalizing symptoms; however, the role of the range of parenting (i.e., variation in parenting across contexts), and its interactions with child impulsivity, are poorly understood. We examined whether characteristic parenting practices and parenting range predicted the course of externalizing symptoms in 409 children (Mage = 3.43 years at baseline, 208 girls) across ages 3, 5, 8, and 11. We assessed parent positive affectivity (PPA), hostility, and parenting structure at child age 3 using three behavioral tasks that varied in context, examining range by modeling a latent difference score for each parenting dimension. Greater PPA range, mean structure, and parenting structure range all predicted fewer symptoms at age 3 for children with higher impulsivity. Lower mean hostility predicted fewer symptoms at age 3 for children with lower impulsivity. Greater PPA, and smaller PPA range, predicted a decrease in symptoms for children higher in impulsivity. Lower hostility range predicted a decrease in symptoms for children with lower impulsivity but predicted maintaining symptoms for children with higher impulsivity. Results demonstrate the differential roles average parenting practices and parenting range play in the development of child externalizing psychopathology, especially in the context of child impulsivity.
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- Emma K Stewart
- Department of Psychology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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Osofsky JD, Fields-Olivieri MA, Frazer AL, Graham RA, McCurdy BH, Weems CF. What to Look for in Relationships: Development, inter-rater reliability, and initial validity estimates for a young child-caregiver relationship assessment. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1157665. [PMID: 37057146 PMCID: PMC10086182 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1157665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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IntroductionObservational assessments are important for understanding a range of behaviors and emotions in the young child-caregiver relationship. This paper provides initial data on a multidimensional assessment for professionals who work with young children and their caregivers, the What to Look for in Relationships (WLR). The WLR was designed to assist providers in evaluating strengths and areas for improvement in five areas of young child-caregiver relationship dimensions. This paper reports on the development, interrater reliability, initial convergent and discriminant validity, and incremental utility of the scales.MethodsData were collected from caregiver-child dyads, who participated in a semi-structured observational caregiver-child interaction session as part of a clinic evaluation for relationship-based therapeutic services for young children in child protection. Recorded interactions were coded using the WLR scales with 146 interactions coded by at least two independent observers for interrater reliability analyses.ResultsThe scales showed adequate internal consistency, good inter-rater reliability, strong convergent associations with a single dimension measure (i.e., the Parent-Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale; PIR-GAS) and discriminated those in the clinical range from those with adaptive functioning on the PIR-GAS.DiscussionThis study provides initial support for the usefulness of the WLR scales for assessing dimensions of caregiver-child relationships during early childhood that may be useful targets of intervention.
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- Joy D. Osofsky
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
- *Correspondence: Joy D. Osofsky,
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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Abu Salih M, Abargil M, Badarneh S, Klein Selle N, Irani M, Atzil S. Evidence for cultural differences in affect during mother-infant interactions. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4831. [PMID: 36964204 PMCID: PMC10039016 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31907-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023] Open
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Maternal care is considered a universal and even cross-species set of typical behaviors, which are necessary to determine the social development of children. In humans, most research on mother-infant bonding is based on Western cultures and conducted in European and American countries. Thus, it is still unknown which aspects of mother-infant behaviors are universal and which vary with culture. Here we test whether typical mother-infant behaviors of affect-communication and affect-regulation are equally represented during spontaneous interaction in Palestinian-Arab and Jewish cultures. 30 Palestinian-Arab and 43 Jewish mother-infant dyads were recruited and videotaped. Using AffectRegulation Coding System (ARCS), we behaviorally analyzed the second-by-second display of valence and arousal in each participant and calculated the dynamic patterns of affect co-regulation. The results show that Palestinian-Arab infants express more positive valence than Jewish infants and that Palestinian-Arab mothers express higher arousal compared to Jewish mothers. Moreover, we found culturally-distinct strategies to regulate the infant: increased arousal in Palestinian-Arab dyads and increased mutual affective match in Jewish dyads. Such cross-cultural differences in affect indicate that basic features of emotion that are often considered universal are differentially represented in different cultures. Affect communication and regulation patterns can be transmitted across generations in early-life socialization with caregivers.
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- Miada Abu Salih
- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Léniz-Maturana L, Vilaseca R, Leiva D. Non-Intrusive Maternal Style as a Mediator between Playfulness and Children’s Development for Low-Income Chilean Adolescent Mothers. CHILDREN 2023; 10:children10040609. [PMID: 37189858 DOI: 10.3390/children10040609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between low-income Chilean adolescent maternal playfulness and mothers’ non-intrusiveness in their children’s development and to analyze whether a mother’s non-intrusiveness mediates the relationship between maternal playfulness and children’s development. The Parental Playfulness Scale and the Subscale of Intrusiveness from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project were used to assess maternal playfulness and mothers’ non-intrusiveness respectively. Ages and Stages Questionnaire 3rd Edition (ASQ-3) was applied to measure the children’s communication, gross and fine motor skills, problem-solving and personal–social development. The sample consisted of 79 mother–child dyads with children aged 10–24 months (M = 15.5, SD = 4.2) and their mothers aged 15–21 years old (M = 19.1, SD = 1.7). A bivariate analysis showed that maternal playfulness was significantly associated with communication, fine motor, problem-solving and personal–social development. Moreover, higher levels of communication, fine motor skills and problem-solving development were observed in the children of less intrusive mothers. Maternal playfulness had a significant effect on children’s development of language, problem-solving and personal–social skills when their mothers showed less intrusiveness during interaction. These findings contribute to the understanding of the interaction between adolescent mothers and their children. Active play and less intrusiveness can enhance child development.
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Aran Ö, Phu T, Erhart A, Watamura S, Kim P. Neural activation to infant cry among Latina and non-Latina White mothers. Behav Brain Res 2023; 441:114298. [PMID: 36646254 PMCID: PMC9988217 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cultural neuroscience is an emerging framework positing that culture (for example, values, beliefs, practices, and modes of emotional expression) critically informs socialization goals and desired behaviors, which are perhaps accompanied by differential patterns of brain activation. Using fMRI, the current study examines brain activation to infant cry stimuli and matched white noise among 50 first-time biological mothers identifying as Latina or White in the United States. Results showed that brain activation to infant cries in the right posterior insula, left cerebellum, and left auditory were higher for White mothers compared to Latina mothers, p's < .05. White mothers showed greater activation to cry sounds compared to white noise in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, left somatosensory, right and left premotor cortices, p's < .05, whereas Latina mothers did not. These brain regions are involved in motor planning, movement, sensory processing, and social information processing. It is important to note that mothers in the two groups did not show differences in stress and behavioral parenting measures. Therefore, Latina and White mothers differentially recruiting brain regions related to infant parenting behaviors indicates the potential role of cultural context in shaping patterns of neural activation. Our exploratory analysis suggests that this difference might be due to greater pre-parenting exposure among Latina mothers to children compared to White mothers. Taken together, although our data did not completely explain the differences in brain activation between groups, findings suggest potential culture-related influences in brain activation occurring in the postpartum period.
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- Özlü Aran
- Department of Psychology, University of Denver, CO, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Denver, CO, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Denver, CO, USA
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Jiang Z, Liang X, Wang Z, Lin Y, Zhang L. Intrusive parenting in early childhood: A review and meta-analysis. Psych J 2023. [PMID: 36894303 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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This systematic review and meta-analysis examines similarities and differences in intrusive parenting between mothers and fathers and relations between intrusive parenting and early childhood development. The authors integrated 55 studies and differentiated cognitive skills and socio-emotional problems as developmental outcomes. The present study employs three-level meta-analyses to reliably estimate effect sizes and examine a range of moderators. It finds a moderate effect size of similarities in intrusive parenting within a family (r = 0.256, confidence interval [CI] = [0.180, 0.329]). No significant differences were observed in intrusiveness level between mothers and fathers (g = 0.035, CI = [-0.034, 0.103]). Intrusive parenting had a significant positive association with children's socio-emotional problems (rmother = 0.098, CImother = [0.051, 0.145]; rfather = 0.094, CI father = [0.032, 0.154]) but was not related to cognitive skills. Moderator analyses suggest that East Asian mothers exhibit higher intrusiveness levels than fathers, whereas Western parents display no significant differences. Overall, these results reveal more similarities than differences in intrusive parenting and that culture likely plays a role in shaping gender-specific parenting behaviors.
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- Zixin Jiang
- Research Center for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Child Development, Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Rivero M, Vilaseca R, Cantero MJ, Valls-Vidal C, Leiva D. Relations between Positive Parenting Behavior during Play and Child Language Development at Early Ages. CHILDREN 2023; 10:children10030505. [PMID: 36980063 PMCID: PMC10047316 DOI: 10.3390/children10030505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Parental behavior in interactions with children has been related to child language development. Our study contributes to the literature about relations between the characteristics of parent–child interactions during play and a child’s language development in typically developing children at early ages, with data from mothers and fathers from the same families in Spain. Our aim was to analyze the relation between positive parenting behaviors assessed with the Spanish version of the Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO) and child language development assessed with the Bayley-III scales. We controlled for some sociodemographic variables. The participants were 90 children aged 15–31 months and their mothers and fathers. Bivariate analysis showed significant positive relations between mothers’ responsive, encouraging and teaching behaviors and a child’s language scores. Relations were found between fathers’ encouraging and teaching behaviors and a child’s language. Regression models indicate that maternal and paternal encouraging behaviors predicted 18% of the variability in the child’s receptive language, and maternal responsive and teaching behaviors predicted 16% of the variability in the child’s expressive language and total language scores. The study provides new data that support the relevance of positive parental behaviors to improve a child’s linguistic development.
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- Magda Rivero
- Department of Cognition, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cognition, Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-963983468
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- Department of Psychology, University Abat Oliba-CEU, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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Mother and father interaction with their 3-month-old infants: Similarities and differences in parenting behaviour in well-resourced parents. Infant Behav Dev 2023; 71:101822. [PMID: 36780718 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Infancy is characterized by intensive parenting which may affect later child development. However, little is known about similarities and differences in maternal and paternal parenting behaviour, as the majority of the studies have mainly focused on mothers. The present study investigated similarities and differences in mothers' and fathers' parenting behaviour during parent-infant interaction in 56 mothers and 56 fathers of 3-months-old infants in a good-resourced sample. Parent-child interactions were videotaped and coded by the Global Rating Scales. Results suggested similar parenting behaviour in terms of maternal and paternal sensitivity, intrusiveness and remoteness. Moreover, regardless of sex infant's behaviour was similar during interactions with mothers and fathers. The low-risk and non-clinical nature of our sample may have had a positive influence on mother-child and father-child dyadic exchanges. These findings suggest including family system models in research and clinical practice.
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Smith NA, McDaniel VF, Ispa JM, McMurray B. Maternal depression and the timing of mother–child dialogue. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/icd.2389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nicholas A. Smith
- Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences University of Missouri Columbia Missouri USA
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- Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences University of Missouri Columbia Missouri USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science University of Missouri Columbia Missouri USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Department of Linguistics University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA
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Weith J, Hammer A, Grau J. Young Puerto Rican Mothers' Cultural Orientation and Parenting Behaviors: Associations with Subsequent Child Emotion Dysregulation. PARENTING, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022; 23:85-114. [PMID: 37207248 PMCID: PMC10191150 DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2022.2130329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Objective Children of Latinx adolescent mothers are at risk for regulatory difficulties. However, a paucity of research has examined parenting behaviors and children's early emotional development in such families. Design Longitudinal associations between observed parenting behaviors (sensitivity, directiveness, child-directed language) at 18 months and children's emotion dysregulation at 18 and 24 months were tested among young mainland Puerto Rican mothers (N = 123) and their toddlers. Given the cultural variability present in Latinx families, whether mothers' cultural orientation moderated these associations was also tested. Results Maternal sensitivity predicted less child emotion dysregulation at 24 months at all levels of cultural orientation. Directiveness was unrelated to dysregulation. Child-directed language predicted lower dysregulation only when mothers endorsed lower levels of American cultural orientation. Conclusions It is important to consider families' cultural context when identifying maternal behaviors that are most beneficial to child development.
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- Jordan Weith
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 144 Kent Hall, Kent, OH 44242
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 144 Kent Hall, Kent, OH 44242
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, 144 Kent Hall, Kent, OH 44242
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Kong KL, Shisler S, Eiden RD, Anzman-Frasca S, Piazza J. Examining the Relationship between Infant Weight Status and Parent-Infant Interactions within a Food and Nonfood Context. Child Obes 2022; 18:422-432. [PMID: 35021890 PMCID: PMC9492790 DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Background: Most observational research examining factors in the home environment that contribute to child adiposity has focused on feeding and physical activity, although aspects of one's nonfood home environment such as parent-child interactions can also impact body weight. The main objectives of this study were to determine if parent-infant interactions under different contexts provide a unique contribution to infants' concurrent adiposity after accounting for known obesity-related covariates. Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis of 121 9- to 15-month-old infants using data collected at the baseline visit of an ongoing intervention study. Mother-infant interactions during a feeding episode and a free-play task were recorded and coded. Anthropometrics of infants were measured by trained research staff. We used two-step hierarchical multivariable regression models to examine the unique contribution of mother-infant interactions to weight status after accounting for known obesity-related covariates (i.e., maternal age, BMI, education, parity, and gestational age, child sex, breastfeeding duration, age of solid food introduction, and birthweight). Results: Maternal intrusiveness, child negative affect, and child responsiveness during free-play, but not feeding were significantly associated with z-weight-for-length. For every 1-U increase in maternal intrusiveness and child negative affect there was a 0.321 (p = 0.011) and 0.415 (p = 0.028) unit increase in z-weight-for-length, respectively, whereas for every 1-U increase in child responsiveness there was a decrease of 0.386 U in z-weight-for-length (p = 0.025). Conclusion: This research contributes new findings support the idea that parent-child interactions outside of the feeding context may relate to obesity. Clinical Trial Registration Number NCT02936284.
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- Kai Ling Kong
- Baby Health Behavior Lab, Division of Health Services and Outcomes Research, Children's Mercy Research Institute, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Erickson SJ, Vaccaro S, Kubinec N, Moss N, Avila-Rieger R, Lowe JR, Tofighi D. Preliminary longitudinal evidence for stability of maternal behavior and infant stress regulation among infants born preterm at 4 and 9 months during the Still Face paradigm. Infant Behav Dev 2022; 68:101745. [PMID: 35760033 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Stress regulation begins to develop in the first year of life through interactions with caregivers, particularly in the presence of stressors. High quality caregiving, characterized by maternal sensitivity and responsiveness to the infant's emotional cues, is particularly important in the development of infant stress regulation. The purpose of this study was to assess the longitudinal stability of, and associations between, maternal interactive behavior and infant stress regulation (indexed by positive infant affect and cortisol reactivity) in response to the Still Face paradigm (SF) in a cohort of infants born preterm (< 32 weeks gestation, N = 22) at four months and nine months (adjusted age). The percent of time mothers spent using specific interaction styles (contingent maternal interaction (CMI), attention seeking, and watching) during Play/baseline, Reunion#1, and Reunion#2 SF episodes was calculated To assess infant stress regulation, two indices were obtained at both 4 and 9 months during the SF paradigm: the percent of positive affect displayed over each SF episode (0-100%) and a neuroendocrine stress response score based on salivary cortisol reactivity. We found three non-significant but medium-large effect size differences between 4 and 9 month variables, with more positive findings at 9 months. Regarding stability within the 4 month and 9 month episodes, maternal behavior and positive infant affect were non-significantly but moderately stable, with maternal watching behavior being particularly stable. Positive infant affect stability between Reunion#1 and Reunion#2 at 4 months was significantly greater than positive infant affect stability across these two episodes at 9 months. Regarding stability across 4 and 9 month (same) episodes, CMI and positive infant affect showed modest but non-significant stability across (same) 4 and 9 month episodes. Finally, with positive infant affect at Reunion#2 as the "outcome" of the Still Face, CMI at both 4 month Play and Reunion#1 episodes were significantly correlated with this "outcome." Further, positive infant affect at Reunion#2 was more strongly correlated with CMI at both Play and Reunion#1 for 4 month old compared with 9 month old infants. Thus, sensitive care appears particularly important for younger infants born preterm, and mothers' behavior early in a repeated stress exposure paradigm may be particularly important in maintaining positive infant affect and in the development of infants' stress regulation more generally. Identifying the longer-term effects of early stress on infant stress regulation, and its relationship with maternal interaction, has important implications for understanding trajectories of regulatory patterns and deficits. A greater understanding of these relationships is particularly important given that greater emotion and neuroendocrine stress regulation in infancy have been directly associated with numerous positive outcomes throughout childhood.
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- Sarah J Erickson
- Department of Psychology, Logan Hall 1 University of New Mexico, MSC03 2220, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Logan Hall 1 University of New Mexico, MSC03 2220, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Logan Hall 1 University of New Mexico, MSC03 2220, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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Kang S, Gair SL, Paton MJ, Harvey EA. Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Relation Between Parenting and Preschoolers' Externalizing Behaviors. EARLY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT 2022; 34:823-841. [PMID: 37377766 PMCID: PMC10292775 DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2022.2074202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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This study examined racial/ethnic differences in the relations between three dimensions of parenting practices (harsh, lax, and warm parenting) and children's externalizing behaviors across European American, African American, and Latinx families. Participants included 221 mothers who identified as African American (n = 32), Latina (n = 46), or European American (n = 143). Mothers' self-rated and observer-coded harshness, laxness, and warmth, and their ratings of their 3-year-old children's externalizing behaviors (hyperactivity, aggression) were analyzed. Multiple regression analyses indicated some racial/ethnic differences in the relations between harsh and warm parenting, and children's externalizing behaviors. The slopes of the relation between greater harshness and greater aggression and hyperactivity were more positive for European American families than for African American or Latinx families. The slopes of the relation between greater warmth and less aggression were more negative for European American and Latinx families than for African American families. Results indicated no racial/ethnic differences in the relation between laxness and externalizing behaviors. These findings suggest racial/ethnic differences in the relation between some parenting practices and externalizing behaviors, which has important implications in culturally sensitive clinical practice for different racial/ethnic groups. More research is necessary to replicate these findings, and to identify other parenting practices that may be more important in racial/ethnic minority families.
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- Sungha Kang
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Tobin Hall, 135 Hicks Way, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, United States of America
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Tobin Hall, 135 Hicks Way, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, United States of America
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- Psychology Department, University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, United States of America
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Tobin Hall, 135 Hicks Way, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, United States of America
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Shared positive emotion during parent-toddler play and parent and child well-being in Mexican origin families. Infant Behav Dev 2022; 67:101706. [DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Understanding the Role of Parental Control in Early Childhood in the Context of U.S. Latino Families in the 21st Century. SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/socsci11030096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This review focuses on the role of parental control in the sociocultural context of U.S. Latino families with young children in the 21st century. The review begins with a historical overview of the concept of parental control and a summary of theoretical approaches to the study of parenting in context. Associations between different forms of parental control and children’s adjustment are summarized, with special attention to cultural considerations and the role of maternal warmth in research involving Latino families. Variability and inconsistencies within the literature on parental control within this population are discussed. The review concludes by discussing future directions for research on this topic, and implications of this literature to move the field toward a better understanding of parenting behaviors and its effects on child functioning in families from different ethnic backgrounds in the 21st century.
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Powers A, Hunnicutt K, Stenson A, Jovanovic T, Kaslow N, Bradley B. Associations Between Emotion Dysregulation Dimensions and Parenting Behaviors in Trauma-Exposed African American Mothers. CHILD MALTREATMENT 2022; 27:43-52. [PMID: 33464135 PMCID: PMC9186114 DOI: 10.1177/1077559520988352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Parenting behavior is key to understanding transmission of intergenerational trauma-related risk. Emotion dysregulation (ED) and psychological symptoms are associated with negative parenting behaviors, although their unique roles remain unclear. The current study examined associations of ED dimensions, depression, PTSD, and substance use with parenting behaviors in African American mothers. Participants included 98 mother-child dyads recruited from an urban hospital setting. Trauma exposure, ED, depression, substance use, and parenting behaviors (overreactivity, laxness, demandingness, warmth, corporal punishment) were assessed using self-report measures. PTSD was assessed using a semi-structured interview. Correlational results showed significant positive associations between ED and dysfunctional parenting behavior (p < .001), overreactivity (p < .001), and laxness (p < .01) and negative associations with warmth (p < .01). These associations varied across the dimensions of ED examined. Regression analyses were run to examine the unique effects of ED (separate models for overall and specific dimensions) and psychological symptoms; overall ED and its dimensions accounted for significant variance in parental behaviors (R2 = .10-.24, p's < .01), while additional model steps including psychological symptoms were not significant except for the association between depression and lower warmth. In efforts to reduce the intergenerational effects of trauma, parenting interventions that include a direct focus on certain dimensions of ED may be critical.
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- Abigail Powers
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA
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Suarez-Rivera C, Schatz JL, Herzberg O, Tamis-LeMonda CS. Joint engagement in the home environment is frequent, multimodal, timely, and structured. INFANCY 2022; 27:232-254. [PMID: 34990043 DOI: 10.1111/infa.12446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Infants develop in a social context, surrounded by knowledgeable caregivers who scaffold learning through shared engagement with objects. However, researchers have typically examined joint engagement in structured tasks, where caregivers sit near infants and display frequent, prompt, and multimodal behaviors around the objects of infant action. Which features of joint engagement generalize to the real-world? Despite the importance of joint engagement for infant learning, critical assumptions around joint engagement in everyday interaction remain unexamined. We investigated behavioral and temporal features of joint engagement in the home environment, where objects for play abound and dyad proximity fluctuates. Infant manual actions, mother manual and verbal behaviors, and dyad proximity were coded frame-by-frame from 2-h naturalistic recordings of 13- to 23-month-old infants and their mothers (N = 38). Infants experienced rich, highly structured, multimodal mother input around the objects of their actions. Specifically, joint engagement occurred within seconds of infant action and was amplified in the context of interpersonal proximity. Findings validate laboratory-based research on characteristics of joint engagement while highlighting unique properties around the role of mother-infant proximity and temporal structuring of caregiver input over extended time frames. Implications for the social contexts that support infant learning and development are discussed.
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- Catalina Suarez-Rivera
- Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA.,Population, Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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Schlensog-Schuster F, Klein AM, Biringen Z, von Klitzing K, Bergmann S. Maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness in early childhood as predictors of children's weight at school age. Pediatr Obes 2022; 17:e12842. [PMID: 34553841 DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND While previous research indicates that low maternal sensitivity in mother-child interactions puts children at risk of overweight and obesity, maternal intrusiveness has rarely been investigated in association with children's weight. We investigated whether maternal sensitivity and intrusiveness in early childhood predict children's increased body mass index standard deviation scores (BMI-SDS) at school age. BMI-SDS are standardized for age and gender with respect to a reference standard. METHODS At baseline (t1), we assessed maternal sensitivity and (non-)intrusiveness of 116 mothers with their children (48.3% female) aged 5-47 months (M = 24.00, SD = 11.36) using the emotional availability scales. We obtained anthropometric data for mothers at t1 by measuring height and weight in the laboratory and for children at birth assessed by medical staff. Six years later (t2) we obtained anthropometric data for children in the laboratory or based on parental report. Linear regression analyses were run with child BMI-SDS at t2 as outcome and sensitivity and (non-)intrusiveness as predictors, adjusting for confounders and exploring child age and gender as moderators. RESULTS Maternal sensitivity only negatively predicted children's BMI-SDS in girls, while maternal intrusiveness predicted higher child BMI-SDS at school age regardless of child gender. The effect of maternal non-intrusiveness remained significant when controlling for confounders. CONCLUSION Maternal intrusiveness in early childhood seems to represent a risk factor for increased BMI-SDS in children, while lower maternal sensitivity tends to be a risk factor for increased BMI-SDS in girls. This may have implications for prevention or intervention programmes.
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- Franziska Schlensog-Schuster
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin, Germany
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Winstone LK, Benitez VL, van Huisstede L. Patterns of maternal interactive behaviors and dual vocabulary development in Mexican American children. Dev Psychol 2021; 57:1866-1879. [PMID: 34914450 PMCID: PMC8687620 DOI: 10.1037/dev0001024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Children learn the words of their native language(s) from interactions with their caregivers. Although previous research has found that the language children hear during those interactions predicts vocabulary outcomes, few studies have investigated how qualitative features of social interactions work together to affect children's vocabulary development, particularly for underresourced, language minoritized children. This study examined patterns of maternal interactive behaviors during toddlerhood in relation to children's later Spanish and English vocabulary development among 318 low-income, Mexican American families. Five maternal behaviors (acknowledging, elaborating, gaze, vocal appropriateness, and overriding) were coded from video recordings at age 24 months. At 36 and 54 months, child expressive vocabulary was assessed in both English and Spanish. Latent class analysis identified five distinct patterns of maternal interactive behaviors, which differentially supported or compromised child expressive language in English and Spanish. Implications of these findings for better understanding the role of caregiver interactions in dual language vocabulary development are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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Wang S, Hu BY, LoCasale-Crouch J, Li J. Supportive parenting and social and behavioral development: Does classroom emotional support moderate? JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Andrés-Romero MP, Flujas-Contreras JM, Fernández-Torres M, Gómez-Becerra I, Sánchez-López P. Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and Resilience. Front Psychol 2021; 12:647645. [PMID: 34335364 PMCID: PMC8320170 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The COVID-19 health crisis has led to a dramatic change in dynamics and habits of families, which may be a factor involved in the development and maintenance of problems and difficulties in children. The present study is a cross-sectional study that aims to describe and analyze the relationship between the difficulties in psychological adjustment and the change of habits of the infant-juvenile population as perceived by their parents and their stress and resilience during the total confinement of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, as well as analyzing the course of the changes and the relationships between weeks 3 to 6, that is, the score of different participants in each week of the confinement. The sample is comprised of 883 parents of children and adolescents between 3 and 18 years of age. Children’s psychological adjustment, children’s habits, parental stress, and parental resilience were assessed by parents. The results show that parents perceive a change in the habits and psychological difficulties in their children. At the same time, our results describe parents with a high level of stress and resilience, with differences depending on the children’s ages. The time of confinement accentuates the perception of parents about the psychological difficulties of their children and parental stress, as well as a decrease in resilience. These difficulties are reduced when the parent has resilience competencies. These results show that the resilience of parents mediate the relationship between parental stress and psychological problems of their children. These results shows that COVID-19 lockdown had a considerable effect on families, both on children and parents. Some practical implications based on results are provided.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.,Health Research Center (CEINSA/UAL), University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.,Health Research Center (CEINSA/UAL), University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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Scorza P, Merz EC, Spann M, Steinberg E, Feng T, Lee S, Werner E, Peterson BS, Monk C. Pregnancy-specific stress and sensitive caregiving during the transition to motherhood in adolescents. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2021; 21:458. [PMID: 34187393 PMCID: PMC8243904 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-03903-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Maternal prenatal stress is associated with worse socio-emotional outcomes in offspring throughout childhood. However, the association between prenatal stress and later caregiving sensitivity is not well understood, despite the significant role that caregiving quality plays in child socio-emotional development. The goal of this study was to examine whether dimensions of pregnancy-specific stress are correlated with observer-based postnatal maternal caregiving sensitivity in pregnant adolescents. METHODS Healthy, nulliparous pregnant adolescents (n = 244; 90 % LatinX) reported on their pregnancy-specific stress using the Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NuPDQ). Of these 244, 71 participated in a follow-up visit at 14 months postpartum. Videotaped observations of mother-child free play interactions at 14 months postpartum were coded for maternal warmth and contingent responsiveness. Confirmatory factor analysis of the NuPDQ supported a three-factor model of pregnancy-specific stress, with factors including stress about the social and economic context, baby's health, and physical symptoms of pregnancy. RESULTS Greater pregnancy-specific stress about social and economic context and physical symptoms of pregnancy was associated with reduced maternal warmth but not contingent responsiveness. CONCLUSIONS Heightened maternal stress about the social and economic context of the perinatal period and physical symptoms of pregnancy may already signal future difficulties in caregiving and provide an optimal opening for early parenting interventions.
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- Pamela Scorza
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. .,New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, 0000- 0003-1950-2345, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA
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- New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.,New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Institute for the Developing Mind, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.,New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Xu X, Spinrad TL, Eisenberg N, Eggum-Wilkens ND. Longitudinal transactional relations among young children's defiance and committed compliance and maternal assertive control. INFANCY 2021; 26:686-704. [PMID: 34120399 DOI: 10.1111/infa.12416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The main goal of this study was to more closely understand the direction of relations between maternal behavior and young children's defiance and committed compliance. We examined 256 mother-child dyads to explore developmental transactional relations between maternal assertive control, children's committed compliance, and children's defiance at 18 (T1), 30 (T2), and 42 (T3) months of age. After controlling for maternal gentle control, SES, and child sex, results showed parent effects for children's committed compliance, such that T1 maternal assertive control negatively predicted T3 committed compliance. Furthermore, toddlers' behavior predicted T3 parenting; that is, toddlers' T1 defiance positively predicted T3 maternal assertive control. Results of the present study indicate relatively long-term prediction (to 42 months) from both parent and child behaviors at 18 months of age, and the findings have implications for understanding the bidirectional and complex processes that account for young children's adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.
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- Xiaoye Xu
- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Tamis-LeMonda CS, Caughy MO, Rojas R, Bakeman R, Adamson LB, Pacheco D, Owen MT, Suma K, Pace A. Culture, parenting, and language: Respeto in Latine mother-child interactions. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2021; 29:689-712. [PMID: 34108821 DOI: 10.1111/sode.12430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cultural value of respeto (respect) is central to Latine parenting. Yet, how respeto manifests in the interactions of Latine parents and their young children remains unexamined. Low-income Mexican immigrant Spanish-speaking mothers and their 2.5-year-old toddlers (N = 128) were video-recorded during play (M age = 30.2 months, SD = 0.52), and two culturally informed items of respeto were coded: parent calm authority and child affiliative obedience. Respeto related to standard ratings of mother and child interactions (e.g., maternal sensitivity and child engagement) but also captured unique features of parent-child interactions. Respeto related to mothers' and toddlers' language production and discourse during the interaction, and explained unique variance in language variables above standard ratings of mother-child interaction. This is the first effort to document a culturally salient aspect of dyadic interaction in Mexican immigrant mothers and young children and to show that respeto relates to language use during mother- child interactions.
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- School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Jacques DT, Sturge-Apple ML, Davies PT, Cicchetti D. Parsing alcohol-dependent mothers' insensitivity to child distress: Longitudinal links with children's affective and anxiety problems. Dev Psychol 2021; 57:900-912. [PMID: 34424008 PMCID: PMC8386000 DOI: 10.1037/dev0001190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Prior work suggests that substance-dependent mothers insensitively respond to their child's emotional needs, which can increase children's risk for psychopathology. However, the mechanisms and processes underlying these associations remain unclarified. Mothers' insensitivity to children's distress is an especially unique predictor of child maladjustment, yet no study has examined whether or how different types of insensitivity to child distress uniquely affect the development of internalizing problems in children of alcohol-dependent mothers. To bridge these gaps, this study examined longitudinal mediational pathways between maternal alcohol dependence symptoms, 2 types of maternal insensitivity to child distress (disengagement and intrusiveness), and 2 types of child internalizing symptoms (affective and anxiety problems) in a majority Black and Latinx sample of young children (Mage = 2.14 years) and their mothers. Results revealed that maternal disengagement mediated associations between maternal alcohol dependence symptoms and child internalizing problems such that alcohol dependence predicted increased disengagement to children's distress, which subsequently predicted increases in children's affective problems. Maternal alcohol dependence symptoms were not associated with intrusiveness to child distress; however, increased intrusiveness predicted later increases in child anxiety problems. Findings support a differentiated approach to studying maternal insensitivity to child distress, specifically indicating that mothers with alcohol dependence symptoms may be more or less likely to display certain types of insensitivity to child distress which may differentially influence children's risk for internalizing problems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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Vaccaro SM, Tofighi D, Moss N, Rieger R, Lowe JR, Phillips J, Erickson SJ. The association of infant temperament and maternal sensitivity in preterm and full-term infants. Infant Ment Health J 2021; 42:374-385. [PMID: 33836096 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Infants who experience sensitive caregiving are at lower risk for numerous adverse outcomes. This is especially true for infants born preterm, leading them to be more susceptible to risks associated with poorer quality caregiving. Some research suggests that preterm and full-term infants differ on temperament, which may contribute to these findings. This study aimed to investigate associations between infant temperament (negative emotionality, positive affectivity/surgency, and orienting/regulatory capacity) and maternal sensitivity among infants born preterm (M = 30.2 weeks) and full term. It was hypothesized that mothers of infants born preterm and mothers of infants with more difficult temperaments would display lower sensitivity, indicated by lower responsiveness to nondistress, lower positive regard, and higher intrusiveness. Videotaped play interactions and a measure of temperament (Infant Behavior Questionnaire) were coded for 18 preterm and 44 full-term infants at 9 months (corrected) age. Results suggest that mothers of preterm and full-term infants differed significantly in responding to their infants, but these results cannot be explained by infant temperament. Preterm status and sociodemographic risk emerged as correlates of maternal behavior, such that mothers of infants born preterm and mothers with greater sociodemographic risk displayed lower levels of maternal sensitivity.
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- Suzanne M Vaccaro
- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87106, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Maternal Parenting and Toddler Temperament: Predictors of Early School Age Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-Related Behaviors. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2021; 49:763-773. [PMID: 33544276 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00778-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Detection of early risk for developing childhood attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) symptoms, inattention and hyperactivity, may be critical for prevention and early intervention. Temperament and parenting are two promising areas of risk, representing potential targets for preventive intervention; however, studies have rarely tested these factors longitudinally using multiple methods and reporters. In a longitudinal sample of 312 low-income boys, this study tested the hypothesis that negative emotionality (NE) and effortful control (EC) in toddlerhood (1.5-3.5 years old) would predict mother- and teacher-reported ADHD-related behaviors at school age (5-7 years old). Direct effects of observed warm, supportive and harsh maternal parenting were tested in relation to ADHD-related behaviors and as moderators of associations between NE and EC and ADHD-related behaviors. Several predictions were supported: 1) Greater maternal-reported toddler NE positively predicted mother-reported ADHD behaviors; 2) Greater observed EC was associated with fewer mother- and teacher-reported ADHD-related behaviors; 3) Warm, supportive parenting predicted fewer teacher-reported ADHD-related behaviors, and harsh parenting predicted more ADHD-related behaviors as reported by parents and teachers; 4) Harsh parenting moderated the association between observed EC and mother-reported ADHD-related behaviors. Together, the findings suggest that lower child EC, lower warm/supportive parenting, and greater harsh parenting in toddlerhood independently signal increased risk for later ADHD-related behaviors; further, the association between low EC and ADHD-related behaviors was amplified in the context of high levels of harsh parenting.
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Schneider A, Rodrigues M, Falenchuk O, Munhoz TN, Barros AJD, Murray J, Domingues MR, Jenkins JM. Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of an Observational Measure for Parent-Child Responsive Caregiving. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:1246. [PMID: 33573217 PMCID: PMC7908563 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Responsive caregiving is the dimension of parenting most consistently related to later child functioning in both developing and developed countries. There is a growing need for efficient, psychometrically sound and culturally appropriate measurement of this construct. This study describes the cross-cultural validation in Brazil of the Responsive Interactions for Learning (RIFL-P) measure, requiring only eight minutes for assessment and coding. The cross-cultural adaptation used a recognized seven-step procedure. The adapted version was applied to a stratified sample of 153 Brazilian mother-child (18 months) dyads. Videos of mother-child interaction were coded using the RIFL-P and a longer gold standard parenting assessment. Mothers completed a survey on child stimulation (18 months) and child outcomes were measured at 24 months. Internal consistency (α = 0.94), inter-rater reliability (r = 0.83), and intra-rater reliability (r = 0.94) were all satisfactory to high. RIFL-P scores were significantly correlated with another measurement of parenting (r's ranged from 0.32 to 0.47, p < 0.001), stimulation markers (r = 0.34, p < 0.01), and children's cognition (r = 0.29, p < 0.001), language (r = 0.28, p < 0.001), and positive behavior (r = 0.17, p < 0.05). The Brazilian Portuguese version is a valid and reliable instrument for a brief assessment of responsive caregiving.
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- Alessandra Schneider
- Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada; (A.S.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada; (A.S.); (M.R.)
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- Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada;
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- Faculty of Psychology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96010900, Brazil;
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96010900, Brazil; (A.J.D.B.); (J.M.)
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- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96010900, Brazil; (A.J.D.B.); (J.M.)
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- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96010900, Brazil; (A.J.D.B.); (J.M.)
- Human Development and Violence Research Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96010900, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Physical Education, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96010900, Brazil;
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- Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada; (A.S.); (M.R.)
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Cultural Values Influence Relations Between Parent Emotion Socialization and Adolescents' Neural Responses to Peer Rejection. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2021; 50:255-267. [PMID: 33433779 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00764-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Adolescents' responses to negative social experiences can be influenced by parenting behaviors. This includes how parents react to their child's expression of emotions, an aspect of parenting referred to as emotion socialization. Emotion socialization may intersect with cultural values, particularly collectivism, a socially-relevant attitude that emphasizes the importance of interpersonal relationships. Examination of a neural measure called the feedback-related negativity (FRN), thought to reflect the degree to which feedback is experienced as aversive, could help elucidate neural contributions to and consequences of the role of collectivism in such family dynamics. Thus, this study examined whether adolescents' endorsement of collectivism moderated the association of parents' dismissive emotion socialization responses (called override responses) and FRN following peer rejection. A community sample of 83 Latinx (n = 32), Asian American (n = 20), and non-Latinx White (n = 31) adolescents ages 13-17 completed a computerized peer feedback task while continuous electroencephalogram was recorded. Their parents completed a battery of self-report questionnaires. Regression analyses demonstrated that adolescents' endorsement of collectivism moderated the association of override responses and FRN following peer rejection, such that FRN was enhanced as override responses increased for adolescents endorsing low and moderate levels of collectivism. Results suggest that there is cultural variation in the association of the emotion socialization strategy of override and adolescents' neural responses to socially-salient events. Findings have implications for parenting interventions designed to enhance adolescents' emotion regulation abilities.
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Rudy D, Ispa JM, Fine MA, James AG. Ethnic variations in mothers’ and children’s positive and negative emotional expressions toward each other. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/sode.12495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Duane Rudy
- Department of Human Development and Family Science University of Missouri Columbia MO USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science University of Missouri Columbia MO USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro NC USA
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- Department of Family Studies & Social Work Miami University Hamilton Oxford OH USA
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Van Keer I, Bodner N, Ceulemans E, Van Leeuwen K, Maes B. Parental behavior and child interactive engagement: a longitudinal study on children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2020; 103:103672. [PMID: 32502925 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Knowledge on the long-term interactive interplay between children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay and their parents is very scarce. We aimed to characterize the (in)variability and potential mutual influence of parent's interactional style and child interactive engagement throughout early childhood. Every six months over the course of two years, thirty-five parent-child dyads (children aged 6-59 months) living in Flanders (Belgium) or the Netherlands were video-taped during a 15-minute unstructured play situation. Video-taped observations were scored using the Child and Maternal Behavior Rating Scales. No consistent group-level trend was found. Within singular interactions, parent's responsive behavior and child interactive engagement (attention and initiation) seem to be strongly related. Initial child initiation seems to positively predict parents' achievement orientation and directive behavior two years later. Parental responsiveness might be an effective interactional strategy to increase child engagement and higher levels of engagement in children possibly can facilitate parental responsiveness within a concrete interaction. The more initiative children show, the more parents might have hope for developmental benefits resulting from a directive/achievement oriented approach. Further research is warranted applying more differentiated and dynamically evaluated outcome measures and a longer follow-up time frame, with specific attention to inter-individual differences.
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- Ines Van Keer
- University of Leuven, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Research Unit Parenting and Special Education, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- University of Leuven, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Research Unit Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Tiensestraat 102 - Box 3713, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Leuven, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Research Unit Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Tiensestraat 102 - Box 3713, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Leuven, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Research Unit Parenting and Special Education, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Leuven, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Research Unit Parenting and Special Education, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 32, Box 3765, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Ertekin Z, Berument SK, Gunnar MR. Examining the role of socioeconomic status and temperament in the hair cortisol levels of infants. Dev Psychobiol 2020; 63:31-41. [PMID: 32643150 DOI: 10.1002/dev.22014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Socioeconomic status (SES) appears to be an important contextual factor in children's developmental outcomes, including their responses to stress. However, some children are more susceptible to its effects than others. Hair cortisol is a newer method of assessing the activity of the HPA axis, providing cumulative cortisol levels. The present article examined whether temperament (negative emotionality) moderates the association between an SES index and the hair cortisol concentration (HCC) of infants. Sixty infants from 6 to 15 months of age were recruited, of which 49 had sufficient hair for cortisol analysis. The SES index was calculated from the education levels of the mothers, family income, and a scale measuring the quality of the home environment. Negative emotionality was measured with the three sub-scales of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire (falling reactivity, distress to limitations, and fear). Among infants low in negative emotionality, there was no association between SES and cortisol. In contrast, among those high in negative emotionality, a significant association was obtained. These infants showed lower levels of HCC in lower-SES environments. The findings suggest that there are individual differences in reacting to the environment, and low levels of cortisol (not high) were found in susceptible infants in lower-SES families.
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- Zeynep Ertekin
- Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Alsancak-Akbulut C, Sahin-Acar B, Sumer N. Effect of video-feedback intervention on Turkish mothers' sensitivity and physical intrusiveness: a randomized control trial. Attach Hum Dev 2020; 23:795-813. [PMID: 32308130 DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2020.1753085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We examined the effectiveness of the video-feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting-Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) in enhancing maternal sensitivity and decreasing maternal physical intrusive behaviors among Turkish mothers. Mothers (N = 68; Mage = 29.29, SD = 5.20) with their children (Mage = 20.04 months, SD = 6.62) participated in a randomized controlled trial with pre-, post-, and follow-up assessments (Nintervention = 40, Ncontrol = 28). Maternal sensitivity was assessed using the Ainsworth Sensitivity Scale. A coding schema was developed and used to assess maternal physical intrusiveness. The results indicated that mothers in intervention group benefited from the VIPP-SD in both increasing their global sensitivity (d = 0.51, p =.016) and decreasing the frequency of physical intrusive behaviors (d = 0.56, p =.007) compared to mothers in the control group. Overall, the VIPP-SD program appears to decrease the level of physical intrusiveness, in addition to promoting maternal sensitivity among Turkish mothers.
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- Cansu Alsancak-Akbulut
- Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Harris RA, Santos HP. Maternal depression in Latinas and child socioemotional development: A systematic review. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0230256. [PMID: 32163494 PMCID: PMC7067456 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Although substantial research exists on the debilitating effects of maternal depression on child development, little is known about Latina mothers with depression and their young children within the broader context of sociocultural and economic stressors. OBJECTIVES What is the relationship between maternal depression in Latina mothers and their children's socioemotional outcomes through early developmental windows (0-5 years)? METHODS We searched electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO in this systematic review, pre-registered via PROSPERO (CRD42019128686). Based on pre-determined criteria, we identified 56 studies and included 15 in the final sample. After extracting data, we assessed study quality with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies. RESULTS We found inverse correlations between maternal depression and child socioemotional outcomes; furthermore, we found evidence of a moderating and mediating role of maternal depression between contextual stressors and child outcomes. Children of U.S.-born Latina mothers had poorer developmental outcomes than children of foreign-born Latina mothers across socioemotional domains and throughout early developmental windows. CONCLUSIONS Future research must examine underlying mechanisms for the potential Latino paradox in young Latino children's socioemotional outcomes. Policies should support mental health of Latina mothers as early as the prenatal period.
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- Rebeca Alvarado Harris
- School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Institute for Environmental Health Solutions, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Wu Q, Feng X. Infant emotion regulation and cortisol response during the first 2 years of life: Association with maternal parenting profiles. Dev Psychobiol 2020; 62:1076-1091. [DOI: 10.1002/dev.21965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Qiong Wu
- Department of Family & Child Sciences Florida State University Tallahassee FL USA
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- Department of Human Sciences The Ohio State University Columbus OH USA
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Winstone LK, Curci SG, Crnic KA. Pathways to Maternal and Child Well-Being: Stability and Transaction across Toddlerhood. PARENTING, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2020; 21:118-140. [PMID: 33994868 PMCID: PMC8118157 DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2019.1701933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study examines the development of minor parenting stress, parenting satisfaction, and dyadic dysregulation across early childhood and evaluates their roles in predicting maternal and child well-being one year later. DESIGN Data was collected from 322 low-income, Mexican American mother-child dyads at child ages 12, 18, 24, and 36 months. Mothers responded to questionnaires during structured interviews, and mother-child dyadic interactions were observed during structured teaching tasks and later coded for global displays of emotional, attentional, and behavioral dysregulation. RESULTS Cross-lag path analyses revealed negative concurrent relations between minor parenting stress and parenting satisfaction at every time point and stability in constructs across time. Parenting stress predicted greater subsequent dyadic dysregulation. Greater dyadic dysregulation and stress related to parenting predicted more maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior problems, whereas greater parenting satisfaction predicted less maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior problems. CONCLUSION In this minority at-risk population, there was substantial stability in and a lack of transactional relations between minor parenting stresses, parenting satisfaction, and dyadic dysregulation across toddlerhood. These factors are important determinants of maternal and child well-being, with minor parenting stress emerging as particularly powerful.
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- Laura K Winstone
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
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Volling BL, Cabrera NJ, Feinberg ME, Jones DE, McDaniel BT, Liu S, Almeida D, Lee JK, Schoppe-Sullivan SJ, Feng X, Gerhardt ML, Dush CMK, Stevenson MM, Safyer P, Gonzalez R, Lee JY, Piskernik B, Ahnert L, Karberg E, Malin J, Kuhns C, Fagan J, Kaufman R, Dyer WJ, Parke RD, Cookston JT. Advancing Research and Measurement on Fathering and Child Development. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev 2019; 84:7-160. [PMID: 31034620 DOI: 10.1111/mono.12404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Fathers are more than social accidents. Research has demonstrated that fathers matter to children's development. Despite noted progress, challenges remain on how best to conceptualize and assess fathering and father-child relationships. The current monograph is the result of an SRCD-sponsored meeting of fatherhood scholars brought together to discuss these challenges and make recommendations for best practices for incorporating fathers in studies on parenting and children's development. The first aim of this monograph was to provide a brief update on the current state of research on fathering and to lay out a developmental ecological systems perspective as a conceptual framework for understanding the different spaces fathers inhabit in their children's lives. Because there is wide variability in fathers' roles, the ecological systems perspective situates fathers, mothers, children, and other caregivers within an evolving network of interrelated social relationships in which children and their parents change over time and space (e.g., residence). The second aim was to present examples of empirical studies conducted by members of the international working group that highlighted different methods, data collection, and statistical analyses used to capture the variability in father-child relationships. The monograph ends with a commentary that elaborates on the ecological systems framework with a discussion of the broader macrosystem and social-contextual influences that impinge on fathers and their children. The collection of articles contributes to research on father-child relationships by advancing theory and presenting varied methods and analysis strategies that assist in understanding the father-child relationship and its impact on child development.
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Laible D, Davis A, Karahuta E, Van Norden C. Does corporal punishment erode the quality of the mother–child interaction in early childhood? SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/sode.12427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Deborah Laible
- Department of Psychology Lehigh University Bethlehem PA USA
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- Child and Family Studies University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA
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- Department of Psychology Lehigh University Bethlehem PA USA
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Broomell APR, Smith CL, Calkins SD, Bell MA. Context of Maternal Intrusiveness During Infancy and Associations with Preschool Executive Function. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2019; 29. [PMID: 32704238 DOI: 10.1002/icd.2162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The relation between maternal behavior and neurocognitive development is complex and may depend on the task context. We examined 5-month-old infant frontal EEG, maternal intrusiveness (MI) evaluated during two play contexts at 5 and 10 months, and a battery of executive function (EF) tasks completed at 48 months to evaluate if MI during infancy and infant neural function interacted to predict later cognition. Infant frontal EEG was a predictor of 4-year EF. MI during structured play at both 5 and 10 months predicted preschool EF, and MI during unstructured did not have a main effect on EF but showed a potential moderating effect of infant EEG on later EF. The pattern changed between ages, with MI during structured play at 5 months showing a positive association with age 4 EF, whereas MI during structured play at 10 months had a negative association with age 4 EF. We demonstrate differences in the context of maternal behavior used to predict childhood EF, highlighting the importance of considering parenting context in EF development.
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Petrenko A, Kanya MJ, Rosinski L, McKay ER, Bridgett DJ. Effects of infant negative affect and contextual factors on infant regulatory capacity: The moderating role of infant sex. INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/icd.2157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Anton Petrenko
- Department of PsychologyNorthern Illinois University DeKalb Illinois
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- Department of PsychologyNorthern Illinois University DeKalb Illinois
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- Department of PsychologyNorthern Illinois University DeKalb Illinois
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- Department of PsychologyNorthern Illinois University DeKalb Illinois
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- Department of PsychologyNorthern Illinois University DeKalb Illinois
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Chen SH, Zhou Q. Cultural Values, Social Status, and Chinese American Immigrant Parents' Emotional Expressivity. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 50:381-395. [PMID: 31543545 DOI: 10.1177/0022022118817653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cultural values and social status are two salient factors in the psychological experiences of immigrant families, and both have been associated with immigrant parents' patterns of emotional expression in previous studies. The present study examined how endorsement of cultural values (collectivism and conformity) and social status were uniquely associated with immigrant parents' emotional expressivity in the family. First-generation Chinese American immigrant parents (N = 239, 80% mothers; M = 41.31 years old) of elementary-age children reported on their endorsement of values of collectivism and conformity, their patterns of emotional expressivity in the family context, and their family income and education levels. Path analyses indicated unique positive associations between family income and all domains of parents' emotional expressivity and negative associations between family income and parents' endorsement of collectivism and conformity. Parents' endorsement of collectivism was negatively associated with negative-dominant expressivity. We discuss implications of our findings for theories of culture and emotion, as well as for future intersectional approaches with Asian American populations.
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Northrup JB, Ridley J, Foley K, Moses-Kolko EL, Keenan K, Hipwell AE. A Transactional Model of Infant Still-Face Response and Maternal Behavior During the First Year. INFANCY 2019; 24:787-806. [PMID: 32030091 PMCID: PMC7003676 DOI: 10.1111/infa.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AbstractThe present study takes a transactional approach to extend understanding of temporal relations between parenting behaviors and infant response to the face‐to‐face still‐face, a widely used method assessing infants’ affective and behavioral response to a violation of social expectations. A low‐income, urban sample of 180 mothers and infants participated when infants were 4 and 6 months old. Directional relations between infants’ still‐face response (i.e., change in affect and gaze from interaction to still face) and three parenting dimensions were examined using cross‐lagged structural equation models. Infant still‐face response predicted later parenting behavior, while the reverse association was not significant. Specifically, infants with a greater reduction in positive affect from interaction to still face had parents with more positive parenting and less negative parenting behaviors 2 months later, controlling for prior parenting and concurrent infant behavior. Furthermore, infants who increased gaze to mother from interaction to still face had mothers who used more mental state talk 2 months later. Findings underscore the importance of examining transactional relations between infant and parent behaviors, and in particular highlight the influence of infants on parents. Acknowledging these infant‐effects is critical to the development and implementation of interventions targeting parent‐infant interactions.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago
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- ClinPsyD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
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Fantasia V, Galbusera L, Reck C, Fasulo A. Rethinking Intrusiveness: Exploring the Sequential Organization in Interactions Between Infants and Mothers. Front Psychol 2019; 10:1543. [PMID: 31396121 PMCID: PMC6668658 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To date, studies investigating maternal postpartum depression (PPD) have mainly focused on identifying failures in interactions of postpartum depressed mothers and their infants, often attributed to single dysfunctional maternal behaviors. Intrusiveness has been identified as a dysfunctional behavior characterizing mothers suffering from PPD. However, this research does not consider the co-constructed and sequential nature of social interactions, in which single behaviors cannot be conceived as isolated or disconnected units. The aim of the work presented in this paper was to explore the interactional dynamics underlying maternal behaviors previously identified as intrusive by mainstream literature on postpartum depression. Through a conversation analytical approach, we analyzed filmed interactions between mothers with and without postpartum depression and their 3-months-old infants. The analyses of 4 selected episodes illustrate similar dyadic activities, yet presenting different levels of mutuality and affective attunement. Results showed two normative features of social interactions that contributed to the different quality in the mutual adjustment of the partners: interactional rhythm and preliminaries. Interactional rhythm refers to the structuring of infants' spontaneous activity into a turn sequence, whereas preliminaries consist of verbal or nonverbal moves that anticipate following action. As evident from our analytical observations, what seems to be hindering the mutual coordination (previously labeled as “intrusive”) is not based on specific individual behaviors but on the absence or violation of such interactional norms. Adopting an interactive and dynamical framework, we shifted the focus from maternal behaviors considered as dysfunctional to observing the unfolding of interactional aspects contributing to better or poorer sequential structuring. We argue that these aspects shape the possibilities for the infant's participation. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and methodological implications of adopting a conversation analytical approach for a better understanding of the relational dynamics related to clinical and non-clinical interactions.
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- Valentina Fantasia
- Department of Social and Developmental Psychology LInC-Interaction & Culture Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin, Germany
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- Inter-self Lab, Institut für Philosophie, Literatur, Wissenschaft und Technologiegeschichte, Geistes- und Bildungswissenschaften, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Hochschulklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Medizinischen Hochschule Brandenburg, Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, Rüdersdorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Holly LE, Fenley AR, Kritikos TK, Merson RA, Abidin RR, Langer DA. Evidence-Base Update for Parenting Stress Measures in Clinical Samples. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 48:685-705. [DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2019.1639515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University
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