The feasibility of using “premiestart,” a mother–premature infant interaction program, on a neonatal unit in england
This article explores the feasibility of running “PremieStart,” a nine‐individual‐session maternal–premature infant interaction program, within a neonatal unit (NNU) in England. Four mothers of premature infants completed seven sessions on the NNU and two at home. Mothers and NNU staff provided feedback on PremieStart. Measures of maternal–infant relationship, maternal well‐being, and maternal reflective functioning were completed before and after intervention. Thematic analysis of mothers’ feedback highlighted the emotional, but cathartic, experience of engaging with PremieStart. NNU staff feedback indicat...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 26, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Alexandra L. Dibley, Tracy Rydin‐Orwin, Jacqui Stedmon, Rudi Dallos Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Substance ‐abusing pregnant women: prenatal intervention using ultrasound consultation and mentalization to enhance the mother–child relationship and reduce substance use
ABSTRACT
Substance‐abusing pregnant and parenting women are considered one of the most challenging, but important, target groups for developing early parenting interventions. Some valuable efforts to develop such interventions have been made in the organizational sector in Finland. However, there is a great need for new ways of work that would simultaneously concentrate in substance‐abuse treatment and enhance parenting in public healthcare settings. The present article describes the background, content, and protocol of a new prenatal intervention developed for substance‐abusing pregnant women in a hospital setting i...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 23, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Helena Pajulo, Marjukka Pajulo, Heidi Jussila, Eeva Ekholm Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
A web ‐based survey of mother–infant bond, attachment experiences, and metacognition in posttraumatic stress following childbirth
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 22, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Charlotte Williams, Emily Patricia Taylor, Matthias Schwannauer Tags: ERRATUM Source Type: research
Predictors of emotional and behavioral problems in 1 ‐year‐old children: a longitudinal perspective
ABSTRACT
Emotional and behavioral problems at an early age can reasonably be considered a high‐risk factor for later mental health disorders. The aim of the article is to reveal predictive factors of 1½‐year‐old children's emotional and behavioral problems. The study was a part of a prospective birth‐cohort study. The study sample consisted of 172 full‐term infants (born during Gestational Weeks 37–42) and their mothers. Emotional and behavioral problems at the age of 1½ years were measured using the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½‐5 (T. Achenbach & L. Rescorla, 2000), which was completed by mothe...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 22, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Giedre Sirvinskiene, Nida Zemaitiene, Roma Jusiene, Egle Markuniene Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
A web‐based survey of mother–infant bond, attachment experiences, and metacognition in posttraumatic stress following childbirth
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 22, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Charlotte Williams, Emily Patricia Taylor, Matthias Schwannauer Tags: ERRATUM Source Type: research
Anxiety and attachment to the mother in preschoolers receiving psychiatric care: the father –child activation relationship as a protective factor
ABSTRACT
This 49‐family study is the first to explore the father–child relationship in a clinical population of preschoolers (at a tertiary care child psychiatry clinic) and to examine its relation to child anxiety and attachment to the mother. A moderation model of the father–child activation relationship on the relation between attachment to the mother and child anxiety was tested and discussed. Analyses confirmed the expected independence between mother–child attachment and father–child activation as well as the association between mother–child attachment and anxiety. The highest levels of anxiety were found...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 21, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: S ébastien Gaumon, Daniel Paquette, Chantal Cyr, Mutsuko Émond‐Nakamura, Martin St‐André Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Parallel models of assessment: infant mental health and therapeutic assessment models intersect through early childhood case studies
ABSTRACT
Therapeutic Assessment (TA; S.E. Finn & M.E. Tonsager, 1997; J.D. Smith, 2010) is a collaborative, semistructured model that encourages self‐discovery and meaning‐making through the use of assessment as an intervention approach. This model shares core strategies with infant mental health assessment, including close collaboration with parents and caregivers, active participation of the family, a focus on developing new family stories and increasing parents’ understanding of their child, and reducing isolation and increasing hope through the assessment process. The intersection of these two theoretical app...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 21, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Natalie Gart, Irina Zamora, Marian E. Williams Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Anxiety and attachment to the mother in preschoolers receiving psychiatric care: the father–child activation relationship as a protective factor
ABSTRACT
This 49‐family study is the first to explore the father–child relationship in a clinical population of preschoolers (at a tertiary care child psychiatry clinic) and to examine its relation to child anxiety and attachment to the mother. A moderation model of the father–child activation relationship on the relation between attachment to the mother and child anxiety was tested and discussed. Analyses confirmed the expected independence between mother–child attachment and father–child activation as well as the association between mother–child attachment and anxiety. The highest levels of anxiety were found...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 21, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Sébastien Gaumon, Daniel Paquette, Chantal Cyr, Mutsuko Émond‐Nakamura, Martin St‐André Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Using the parent–infant relationship global assessment scale to identify caregiver–infant/toddler dyads with abusive relationship patterns in six european countries
ABSTRACT
The study examined whether the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, Revised Edition (DC: 0–3R; ZERO TO THREE, 2005) Parent–Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale (PIR‐GAS) is applicable to six European countries and contributes to the identification of caregiver–infant/toddler dyads with abusive relationship patterns. The sample consisted of 115 dyads with children's ages ranging from 1 to 47 months. Sixty‐four dyads were recruited from community settings without known violence problems, and 51 dyads were recruited from clinical setti...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - April 30, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Kornilia Hatzinikolaou, Vassiliki Karveli, Aggeliki Skoubourdi, Foteini Zarokosta, Gianluca Antonucci, Giovanni Visci, Maria Manuela Calheiros, Eunice MagalhÃes, Cecilia Essau, Sharon Allan, Jayshree Pithia, Fahreen Walji, Lourdes Ezpeleta, Ruth Perez‐ Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Outlining the windows of achievement of intersubjective milestones in typically developing toddlers
ABSTRACT
Babies are born with an innate drive or intrinsic motive formation with which to communicate and share meanings with others and that some authors have called intersubjectivity (S. Bråten & C. Trevarthen, 2007; C. Trevarthen, 1974, 2001). Around the ninth month of life, this motivation changes and passes from a person‐to‐person dyadic (primary intersubjectivity) to a person–person–object relationship (secondary intersubjectivity). S. Bråten and C. Trevarthen (2007) also proposed a third form or layer of intersubjectivity known as tertiary intersubjectivity. One hundred fifteen free‐play sessions of ...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - April 30, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Marta Sadurní Brugué, Marc Pérez Burriel Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Substance‐abusing pregnant women: prenatal intervention using ultrasound consultation and mentalization to enhance the mother–child relationship and reduce substance use
ABSTRACT
Substance‐abusing pregnant and parenting women are considered one of the most challenging, but important, target groups for developing early parenting interventions. Some valuable efforts to develop such interventions have been made in the organizational sector in Finland. However, there is a great need for new ways of work that would simultaneously concentrate in substance‐abuse treatment and enhance parenting in public healthcare settings. The present article describes the background, content, and protocol of a new prenatal intervention developed for substance‐abusing pregnant women in a hospital setting i...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - April 30, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Helena Pajulo, Marjukka Pajulo, Heidi Jussila, Eeva Ekholm Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Predictors of emotional and behavioral problems in 1‐year‐old children: a longitudinal perspective
ABSTRACT
Emotional and behavioral problems at an early age can reasonably be considered a high‐risk factor for later mental health disorders. The aim of the article is to reveal predictive factors of 1½‐year‐old children's emotional and behavioral problems. The study was a part of a prospective birth‐cohort study. The study sample consisted of 172 full‐term infants (born during Gestational Weeks 37–42) and their mothers. Emotional and behavioral problems at the age of 1½ years were measured using the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½‐5 (T. Achenbach & L. Rescorla, 2000), which was completed by mothe...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - April 30, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Giedre Sirvinskiene, Nida Zemaitiene, Roma Jusiene, Egle Markuniene Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Maternal grieving and the perception of and attachment to children born subsequent to a perinatal loss
Conclusion: Le deuil périnatal grief est lié de manière négative à l'attachement maternel à l'enfant né après la perte. Les infirmières devraient se sensibiliser aux mères en deuil et à leurs enfants qui peuvent s'avérer à risque de développer des troubles de l'attachement afin de faciliter une adaptation positive à la grossesse et au parentage à venir.
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Ziel: Das Ziel dieser Studie war es, die Beziehung zwischen der mütterlichen Trauer um einen perinatalen Verlust (PL) und die Wahrnehmung und Verbundenheit mit nachfolgend geborenen Kindern bei Müttern in Jordanien zu untersuchen. Methoden...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - April 30, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Dua’ Yousef Al‐Maharma, Hiba Abujaradeh, Khadejah Fahmi Mahmoud, Reem Ahmad Jarrad Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Interfacing infant mental health knowledge systems: reflections on the narratives of lay home visitors’ experiences of learning and applying relational concepts of development in a south african intervention program
This article explores convergences and divergences between current research‐based, relational IMH mental health models and “community” knowledge held by a group of South African lay home visitors from a socioeconomically deprived township. These women were trained in a psychoanalytic and attachment‐informed infant mental health program that promotes a relational model of infant development. They provide an intervention that supports high risk mother–infant relationships in the same locality. A two‐tiered approach was taken to the analysis of the home visitor interviews and focused on the home visitors’ constr...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - April 30, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Tessa Baradon, Katherine Bain Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - April 30, 2016 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information – TOC Source Type: research
