Maternal self‐reported depressive symptoms and maternal cortisol levels interact to predict infant cortisol levels
ABSTRACT
Three basic findings have emerged from research on maternal depressive symptoms and offspring hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal functioning: (a) Mothers’ depressive symptoms are positively associated with their offsprings’ cortisol stress response, (b) numerous individual and interpersonal maternal characteristics moderate this association, and (c) maternal and infant cortisol levels are highly correlated. In combination, these findings have suggested that maternal cortisol levels may moderate the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and infant cortisol responsivity; the current study assessed this h...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - January 1, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Jennifer E. Khoury, Andrea Gonzalez, Robert Levitan, Mario Masellis, Vincenzo Basile, Leslie Atkinson Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Strengthening the reflective functioning capacities of parents who have a child with a neurodevelopmental disability through a brief, relationship‐focused intervention
ABSTRACT
This randomized controlled trial examined the reflective functioning capacities of caregivers who have a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder between the ages of 2 years 0 months and 6 years 11 months. Children with a neurodevelopmental disorder receive a range of diagnoses, including sutism; however, they all exhibit social communication challenges that can derail social relationships. Forty parent–child dyads in Barbados were randomly assigned to either a developmental individual‐difference, relationship‐based/floortime(DIR/FT) group (n = 20), or a psychoeducational (wait‐list) group (n = 20) with pa...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - January 1, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: JULIE SEALY, IRA P. GLOVINSKY Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - January 1, 2016 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information – TOC Source Type: research
Association between infant nighttime‐sleep location and attachment security: no easy verdict
ABSTRACT
We tested whether mother–infant bed‐sharing is associated with increased secure infant–mother attachment, a previously unexplored association. Frequency of bed‐sharing and mothers’ nighttime comforting measures at 2 months were assessed with questionnaires in 550 Caucasian mothers from a population‐based cohort. Attachment security was assessed with the Strange Situation Procedure (M.D.S. Ainsworth, M.C. Blehar, E. Waters, & S. Wall, 1978) at 14 months. When using a dichotomous variable, “never bed‐sharing” (solitary sleepers) versus “any bed‐sharing,” the relative risk of being classif...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 31, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Viara R. Mileva‐Seitz, Maartje P.C.M. Luijk, Marinus H. van Ijzendoorn, Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Vincent W.V. Jaddoe, Albert Hofman, Frank C. Verhulst, Henning Tiemeier Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Restoring safety: an attachment‐based approach to clinical work with a traumatized toddler
ABSTRACT
This clinical case study explores the integration of infancy research, brain development, attachment theory, and models of infant–parent/child–parent psychotherapy to address the needs of abused and neglected young children placed in foster or adoptive homes. Traumatized children employ defensive strategies to survive when there is no “good enough” caregiver (D.W. Winnicott, , p. 94), and helping professionals can provide therapeutic experiences to develop or restore a child's sense of safety. With the case example of Anthony and his foster/adoptive parents, I illustrate how to manage and contain a traumat...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 30, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Julie Ribaudo Tags: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES Source Type: research
Early childhood mental health consultation: an evaluation of effectiveness in a rural community
ABSTRACT
Little research has been done to evaluate the effectiveness of early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) in rural, applied settings. In this mixed‐methods study, we evaluated an approach to ECMHC used in rural Southwest Kansas with individualized services for childcare providers. Twenty‐nine home‐based and center‐based childcare providers completed measures on provider growth, perceptions of child outcomes, and satisfaction with sessions. In total, 162 data points were collected and analyzed using multilevel growth models. In addition, 16 providers participated in qualitative interviews. Both home...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 30, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: M. Alexandra Vuyk, Jessica Sprague‐Jones, Christie Reed Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Relative contributions of parent‐perceived child characteristics to variation in child feeding behavior
Conclusiones: Los problemas de alimentación en la población parecen ser problemas externos e interactivos, en vez de problemas basados en factores innatos o de internalización. La asociación con síntomas de externalización sugiere que los problemas de alimentación a este nivel pudieran encajar dentro del perfil más amplio de una conducta desafiante. Sin embargo, la existencia de conductas de alimentación problemáticas pudiera constituir solamente un reto para los progenitores cuando las interacciones sociales del niño son también vistas como deficientes.
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 30, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Victoria K. Aldridge, Terence M. Dovey, Clarissa I. Martin, Caroline Meyer Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
When mum is stressed, is dad just as stressed? predictors of paternal stress in the first six months of having a baby
ABSTRACT
The primary aim of this study was to examine predictors of paternal stress within the first 6 months of having a baby in a normative Australian sample, and to compare paternal and maternal stress. In total, 54 fathers and 71 mothers completed self‐report measures of postnatal depressive symptoms, parenting stress, efficacy, responsiveness, attachment, and family and social support. Paired sample t test revealed a significant relationship within couples in their level of parenting stress. Fathers reported lower levels of postnatal depression, responsiveness, and attachment than did mothers. Fathers rated their le...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 30, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Cheryl K.F. Seah, Alina Morawska Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
From me to us: the construction of family alliance
ABSTRACT
This longitudinal prospective and multi‐informant study based on a three‐wave research program (pregnancy, 12 months’ postpartum, and 16 months’ postpartum) aimed to determine the process of construction of family alliance, as assessed by the Lausanne Trilogue Play (Fivaz‐Depeursinge & Corboz‐Warnery, 1999). A model using parents’ individual characteristics (i.e., personality traits and attachment orientations) as distal variables, coparenting as a mediator, child's temperament as a moderator, and family alliance as outcome was tested using structural equation modeling on 62 nonreferred families....
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 30, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Sarah Galdiolo, Isabelle Roskam Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Maternal mind‐mindedness: relations with maternal–fetal attachment and stability in the first two years of life: findings from an australian prospective study
This study examined whether maternal–fetal attachment predicted maternal mind‐mindedness, whether there was continuity in mind‐mindedness over the first 2 postnatal years, and concordance for the two approaches to measurement. One hundred fifty women completed a questionnaire measure of maternal–fetal attachment in the third trimester of pregnancy and participated in home visits to assess maternal mind‐mindedness when their infants were 7 months and 19 months of age. Path analysis showed that maternal–fetal attachment predicted indices of maternal mind‐mindedness at 7 and 19 months; mothers who made more mind...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - December 30, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Catherine McMahon, Anna‐Lisa Camberis, Sinead Berry, Frances Gibson Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Editor's statement
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - November 10, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Paul Spicer Tags: EDITOR'S STATEMENT Source Type: research
Efficacy of the 20‐week circle of security intervention: changes in caregiver reflective functioning, representations, and child attachment in an australian clinical sample
This study adds to the evidence suggesting that the 20‐week Circle of Security intervention results in significant relationship improvements for caregivers and their children.
RESUMEN
El Círculo de Seguridad es una intervención basada en la teoría de la afectividad cuya meta es promover relaciones seguras de afectividad entre progenitor y niño. A pesar de la amplia captación del acercamiento, hay una limitada evidencia empírica con respecto a la efectividad. El presente estudio examinó si la participación en la intervención de 20 semanas del Círculo de Seguridad resultó en positivos cambios en la relación en...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - November 9, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Anna Huber, Catherine A. McMahon, Naomi Sweller Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
The impact of depression on maternal responses to infant faces in pregnancy
Conclusiones: Los resultados son consistentes con la presencia tanto de una elevada propensión a evitar y una reducida respuesta a calmar hacia los infantes angustiados en el caso de mujeres embarazadas deprimidas, lo cual provee algún apoyo a que la depresión altera las preparaciones maternas a un nivel consciente.
RÉSUMÉ
Contexte: Les recherches suggèrent que la dépression prénatale peut être liée à des réponses maternelles aux stimuli du bébé interrompues, avec des femmes enceintes déprimées ne faisant pas preuve de parti pris envers des bébés en détresse observés chez des femmes enceintes non dépr...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - November 9, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: J.A. MACRAE, R.M. PEARSON, R. LEE, D. CHAUHAN, K. BENNERT, A. BURNS, H. BAXTER, J. EVANS Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Fathers' and mothers' representations of the infant: associations with prenatal risk factors
This study provides valuable information concerning parents at risk of developing nonbalanced representations of their children. In clinical practice, these families could be monitored more intensively and may be supported in developing a more optimal parent–infant relationship.
RESUMEN
Las representaciones que los progenitores tienen de sus infantes consisten en experiencias subjetivas de aquéllos de cómo ellos perciben a éstos. Ellas proveen información importante acerca de la calidad de la relación progenitor‐infante y están relacionadas muy de cerca con la conducta de crianza y la afectividad del infante. Es...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - November 4, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: CHARLOTTE M.J.M. VREESWIJK, CATHARINA H.A.M. RIJK, A. JANNEKE B.M. MAAS, HEDWIG J.A. VAN BAKEL Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Infant mental health in the next decade: a call for action
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - October 30, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: MARK TOMLINSON Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research
