Are health visitors ’ observations of early parent–infant interactions reliable? a cross‐sectional design
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Health visitors need competences to promote healthy early parent–infant relationships. The aims of this study were to explore whether there are differences between groups of health visitors with and without additional parenting program education in terms of their knowledge of infant–parent interaction and their observation and assessment skills of such interactions. The cross‐sectional study included 36 health visitors’ certified Marte Meo therapists and 85 health visitors without additional parenting program education. Health visitors’ observation skills were measured assessing five video‐recorded mot...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Ingeborg H. Kristensen, Tea Trillingsgaard, Marianne Simonsen, Hanne Kronborg Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
History of childhood abuse and mother –infant interaction: a systematic review of observational studies
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Literature that has examined maternal self‐reported history of abuse and an observational assessment of infant‐mother interaction were reviewed. Electronic databases were searched, and studies that met predefined criteria were included. Fourteen (12 independent samples) studies were included and assessed for quality using the Effective Public Health Practice Project tool (National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, ). Ten of the 14 studies found a direct or an indirect relationship between self‐reported abuse and observed caregiving. The small number of studies and variation in sample characteristic...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Kyla Vaillancourt, Susan Pawlby, R.M. Pasco Fearon Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Adapting a parent ‐completed, socioemotional questionnaire in china: the ages & stages questionnaires: social ‐emotional
Discussions of research findings and implications for future studies are provided. (Source: Infant Mental Health Journal)
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Xiaoyan Bian, Huichao Xie, Jane Squires, Chieh ‐Yu Chen Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Antenatal determinants of parental attachment and parenting alliance: how do mothers and fathers differ?
This study aimed to build a predictive model of parental attachment and parenting alliance for mothers and fathers using partial least squares‐structural equation modeling. Specifically, we were interested in assessing how adult romantic attachment, marital quality, and psychological distress influenced parental attachment (parent‐to‐infant) and parenting alliance. Forty heterosexual couples completed questionnaires during the third trimester of pregnancy and 2 months after childbirth. Results showed that adult romantic attachment, marital quality, and psychological distress were important antenatal determinants of p...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Rita Luz, Astrid George, Rachel Vieux, Elisabeth Spitz Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information – TOC Source Type: research
Early childhood predictors of low ‐income boys’ pathways to antisocial behavior in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood
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Guided by a bridging model of pathways leading to low‐income boys’ early starting and persistent trajectories of antisocial behavior, the current article reviews evidence supporting the model from early childhood through early adulthood. Using primarily a cohort of 310 low‐income boys of families recruited from Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Supplement centers in a large metropolitan area followed from infancy to early adulthood and a smaller cohort of boys and girls followed through early childhood, we provide evidence supporting the critical role of parenting, maternal depression, and other proxima...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 26, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Daniel S. Shaw, Mary Gilliam Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Reflecting on the practice of infant mental health and the reduction of risk in infancy and early parenthood: an essay
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This essay discusses infant mental health (IMH) as well as its origins and relational framework. The author then reflects, professionally and personally, on the meaning of psychological vulnerability of boys under 5 years of age, the importance of early caregiving relationships to the reduction of risk, and implications for education and training in the IMH field. (Source: Infant Mental Health Journal)
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 21, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: DEBORAH J. Weatherston Tags: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES Source Type: research
“effective volunteerism:” helping child caregivers in developing countries
This article proposes a method of volunteering mental health consultation to child caregivers in developing countries in the context of episodic visits and a long‐term relationship. It is derived from the author's experience doing this work for approximately 12 years. The two foundational features of the method—the role of a consultant and a long‐term relationship—are described. The method is then elaborated in two settings: consultation to caregivers in an orphanage in Central America and at a hospital in India. While these examples are distinct in multiple domains, they have in common the core features of the con...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - November 1, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Alexandra Murray Harrison Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Public policy, child development research and boys at risk: challenging, enduring and necessary partnership
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Research findings documenting the issues and challenges of boys prebirth through age 5 years have barely penetrated the arena of public policy making nor has it permeated the public agenda of politicians, government, or other funding stakeholders. The purpose of this article is to articulate pathways for researchers to enter into the policy‐making process. We review critical issues related to implementing the process of public policy. We argue that the policy process needs to be informed by more dynamic theoretical models of human development, and that researchers and clinicians need to be exposed more deeply to...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - October 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Marvin Mckinney, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Donna ‐Marie Winn, Patrick Babcock Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
All our sons: the developmental neurobiology and neuroendocrinology of boys at risk
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Why are boys at risk? To address this question, I use the perspective of regulation theory to offer a model of the deeper psychoneurobiological mechanisms that underlie the vulnerability of the developing male. The central thesis of this work dictates that significant gender differences are seen between male and female social and emotional functions in the earliest stages of development, and that these result from not only differences in sex hormones and social experiences but also in rates of male and female brain maturation, specifically in the early developing right brain. I present interdisciplinary research w...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - October 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Allan N. Schore Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
The early home environment of latino boys and their peers: a developmental perspective
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Using a sample (N = 5,200) drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study‐Birth Cohort, we examined Latino boys’ developmental profiles and their early home experiences from 9 months to kindergarten entry in comparison to their peers—Latina girls and White boys. We also examined how children's early home experiences related to outcomes at kindergarten entry and whether these varied by gender and ethnicity. Controlling for socioeconomic indicators, the largest mean group differences were between Latino and White boys, beginning at 24 months and persisting at kindergarten entry. There were modest difference...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - October 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Natasha J. Cabrera, Jenessa L. Malin, Catherine Kuhns, Jerry West Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Development and socialization of physical aggression in very young boys
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The expression of physical aggression is normative in early child development; it peaks in the second year of life, with steep declines for most children by the third and fourth years as children learn alternatives to aggression. Some children, however, fail to demonstrate declines in aggressive acts, and many of these are boys. The current review uses a dynamic systems (DS) approach to identify early individual and contextual factors that may dynamically influence trajectories of aggression as a characteristic way of engaging within communities and relationships. Within the DS framework, we focus on the parent–...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - October 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Carolyn Joy Dayton, Johanna C. Malone Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Predictors of infant and toddler black boys ’ early learning: seizing opportunities and minimizing risks
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Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS‐B) data set (U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2001), this study examined child, family, and community factors in the early years (infant and toddler years) to predict the cognitive and language outcomes for preschool‐age Black boys in relation to Black girls and White boys. Findings indicate that Black children face many challenges, with Black boys experiencing less sensitive parenting as compared to their peers. We live in a highly complex, racialized environment. While there...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - October 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Iheoma U. Iruka Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Boys, early risk factors for alcohol problems, and the development of the self: an interconnected matrix
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Alcohol‐use disorders are a major public health issue worldwide. Although drinking and problematic alcohol use usually begins during adolescence, developmental origins of the disorder can be traced back to infancy and early childhood. Identification of early risk factors is essential to understanding developmental origins. Using data from the Michigan Longitudinal Study, an ongoing, prospective, high‐risk family study, this article summarizes findings of family context and functioning of both children and parents. We draw attention to the development of the self, an understudied aspect of very young children b...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - October 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Leon I. Puttler, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Mary M. Heitzeg, Robert A. Zucker Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
American indian and alaska native boys: early childhood risk and resilience amidst context and culture
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American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adolescent and adult men experience a range of health disparities relative to their non‐AIAN counterparts and AIAN women. Given the relatively limited literature on early development in tribal contexts, however, indicators of risk during early childhood specific to AIAN boys are not well‐known. The current article reviews sources of strength and challenge within AIAN communities for AIAN children in general, including cultural beliefs and practices that support development, and contextual challenges related to socioeconomic and health disparities and historical trauma a...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - October 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Michelle Sarche, Greg Tafoya, Calvin D. Croy, Kyle Hill Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
