THE NEUROBEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL‐EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN. ED TRONICK, New York: W.W Norton, 2007, 571 pp, ISBN‐13: 978‐0‐393‐70517‐1, ISBN‐10: 0‐393‐70517‐X
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - September 17, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Donna Wittmer Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
THE NEUROSCIENCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS: ATTACHMENT AND THE DEVELOPING SOCIAL BRAIN (2ND EDITION). LOUIS COZOLINO, W. W. Norton & Company; Second Edition edition, 2014, 656 pp, ISBN‐10: 0393707822, ISBN‐13: 978‐0393707823
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - September 17, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Halime Tuna Çak Esen, Ilinca Caluser, James E. Swain Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Pre‐ and postnatal modifications in parental mental representations in three cases of fetal gastroschisis diagnosed during pregnancy
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The aim of this study was to identify possible effects of gastroschisis on parents’ intrapsychic dynamics by applying an observational clinical approach. More specifically, we intend to (a) evaluate the representational style of parents informed about the diagnosis of fetal gastroschisis during pregnancy using the Interview of Maternal Representations During Pregnancy and the Interview of Paternal Representations During Pregnancy (M. Ammaniti, C. Candelori, M. Pola, & R. Tambelli, ) and (b) observe whether the baby's birth influences the parents’ representational styles through the application of the same ...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - September 1, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: ANTONELLA TRIPANI, SANDRA PELLIZZONI, ROSELLA GIULIANI, STEFANO BEMBICH, ANDREA CLARICI, ISABELLA LONCIARI, MASSIMO AMMANITI Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
A long‐term follow‐up study of a randomized controlled trial of mother–infant psychoanalytic treatment: outcomes on mothers and interactions
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An earlier randomized controlled trial (RCT) compared 80 mother–infant dyads in a Stockholm sample. One had received mother–infant psychoanalytic treatment [mother–infant psychoanalytic therapies (MIP) group], and the other received Child Health Center care (CHCC group). Effects were found on mother‐reported depression and expert‐rated mother–infant relationship qualities and maternal sensitivity. When the children were years, the dyads were followed up with assessments of the children's attachment representations, social and emotional development, and global functioning, and the mothers’ psychologi...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - September 1, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Majlis Winberg Salomonsson, Kimmo Sorjonen, Björn Salomonsson Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Infant avoidance during a tactile task predicts autism spectrum behaviors in toddlerhood
This study measured 9‐month‐old infants’ (N = 561; 58% male) avoidance and negative affect during a novel tactile task in which parents painted infants’ hands and feet and pressed them to paper to make a picture. Parent reports on the Pervasive Developmental Problems (PDP), Internalizing, and Externalizing scales of the Child Behavior Checklist were used to measure toddler behaviors at 18 months. Infant observed avoidance and negative affect were significantly correlated; however, avoidance predicted subsequent PDP scores only, independent of negative affect, which did not predict any toddler behaviors. Findings ...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - September 1, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: MICAH A. MAMMEN, GINGER A. MOORE, LAURA V. SCARAMELLA, DAVID REISS, JODY M. GANIBAN, DANIEL S. SHAW, LESLIE D. LEVE, JENAE M. NEIDERHISER Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Building a workforce competency‐based training program in infant/early childhood mental health
This article describes findings from a project conducted in Western Australia (Mental Health Commission WA, 2015) that investigated the education and training needs of the Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health (I/ECMH) workforce. We examined international training programs and models of delivery in infant mental health, including a review of the current training available in Australia. Data collected from over 60 interviews were analyzed, and a staged delivery model for I/ECMH training and supervision that aligned with the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (2014) Competency Guidelines was recommended. These find...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - September 1, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: LYNN E. PRIDDIS, ROCHELLE MATACZ, DEBORAH WEATHERSTON Tags: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES Source Type: research
Patterns of emotional availability in mother–infant dyads: associations with multiple levels of context
This study explored emotional availability (EA)— an individual's emotional responsiveness and attunement to another's needs and goals (R.N. Emde, 1980)— among a high social risk group of 226 adolescent mothers and their infants (average = 12 months old). The aim was to identify dyadic patterns of EA and to examine their association with multiple indicators of the ecological context. Maternal sensitivity, maternal nonhostility, and child responsiveness were assessed with the Emotional Availability Scales, Third Edition (Z. Biringen, J. Robinson, & R.N. Emde, 1998) during free play and teaching observations at home. ...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - August 31, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: M. Verónica Mingo, M. Ann Easterbrooks Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Attention functioning in children with prenatal drug exposure
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Children born to drug abusers are exposed to teratogenic influences on intrauterine brain development and undergo postnatal withdrawal. We investigated the interplay of different domains and levels of attention functioning in 24 prenatally exposed and 25 nonexposed children who were 5 to 6 years old. Assessment included parent ratings and neuropsychological and electrophysiological methods. Exposed children had a higher prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms, tended to have poorer performance in an attention test battery, and showed EEG alterations in P3 and N2c. Findings suggest long‐term effect...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - August 31, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Dominique A. Jaeger, Boris Suchan, Axel Schölmerich, Dominik T. Schneider, Nina Gawehn Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
INFANT/CHILD MENTAL HEALTH, EARLY INTERVENTION, AND RELATIONSHIP‐BASED THERAPIES: A NEURORELATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE. CONNIE LILLAS AND JANIECE TURNBULL, New York: W.W. Norton., 2009, 570 pp, ISBN 13: 978‐0‐393‐70425‐9
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Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - August 27, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Jodi K. Dooling‐Litfin Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Maternal representations and infant attachment: an examination of the prototype hypothesis
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The prototype hypothesis suggests that attachment representations derived in infancy continue to influence subsequent relationships over the life span, including those formed with one's own children. In the current study, we test the prototype hypothesis by exploring (a) whether child‐specific representations following actual experience in interaction with a specific child impacts caregiver–child attachment over and above the prenatal forecast of that representation and (b) whether maternal attachment representations exert their influence on infant attachment via the more child‐specific representation of tha...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - July 1, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Sheri Madigan, Erinn Hawkins, Andre Plamondon, Greg Moran, Diane Benoit Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Personal competencies, social resources, and psychosocial adjustment of primiparous women of advanced maternal age and their partners
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The present study aimed to (a) characterize the personal competencies, the social resources, and the psychosocial adjustment (psychological distress, quality of life, and parenting self‐perceptions) during the early postpartum period of primiparous women of advanced age (≥35 years at the time of delivery) and their partners (older parents) compared with that of younger first‐time mothers (20–34 years) and their partners (younger parents); and (b) explore the role of personal competencies and social resources in couples’ psychosocial adjustment, depending on the age group. Older (n = 74) and younger paren...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - July 1, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Maryse Guedes, Maria Cristina Canavarro Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
The survey of well‐being of young children: results of a feasibility study with american indian and alaska native communities
This study examined the feasibility of the Survey of Well‐Being of Young Children (SWYC), a new screener for socioemotional and developmental problems and family risk in children birth to age 5 years, for use in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities. A Community of Learning within the Tribal Early Childhood Research Center, composed of university researchers, tribal early childhood program staff and evaluators, and federal partners, utilized a community‐based participatory research approach to guide this qualitative study. Thirty‐two focus groups and 20 key informant interviews (N = 199) were conducted...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - July 1, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell, Michelle Sarche, Caitlin Trucksess, Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Baby empathy: infant distress and peer prosocial responses
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Empathy is an important competence in our social world, a motivator of prosocial behavior, and thought to develop throughout the second year of life. The current study examined infants’ responses to naturalistic peer distress to explore markers of empathy and prosocial behavior in young babies. Seventeen 8‐month‐old infants participated in a repeated measures design using the “babies‐in‐groups” paradigm, with maternal presence as the independent variable. Significant differences were found between response types: Gaze was the standard response to infant distress, followed by socially directed behavio...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 25, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Mitzi‐Jane E. Liddle, Ben S. Bradley, Andrew Mcgrath Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Maternal mental health moderates the relationship between oxytocin and interactive behavior
Conclusiones: Se asoció la OT con conductas interactivas positivas en ambos grupos. En las madres del grupo clínico, los efectos calmantes y de alivio de OT pudieran promover conductas interactivas más relajantes, energéticas y enfocadas en el infante.
RÈSUMÈ
But: Les mères ayant des troubles de l’humeur ou de l’anxiété font preuve d’un comportement interactif moins optimal. L’oxytocin neuropeptide (abrégé ici OT) a été lié à des comportements interactifs plus optimaux chez les mères n’ayant pas de maladie mentale, et pourrait jouer un rôle particulièrement bénéfique chez les mères ayant des...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 25, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Simcha Samuel, Barbara Hayton, Ian Gold, Nancy Feeley, C. Sue Carter, Phyllis Zelkowitz Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
The working model of the child interview: stability of the disrupted classification in a community intervention sample
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The Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI; C.H. Zeanah, D. Benoit, & M.L.Barton, 1986) assesses caregiver internal representation of his or her child and the relationship with the child, with a relatively new coding system for representations associated with disorganized attachment—WMCI‐Disrupted (WMCI‐D; A. Crawford & D. Benoit, 2009). In the present study, we investigated the stability of the WMCI‐D classification using a sample of 62 mothers who completed the WMCI twice as part of their involvement in a randomized trial comparing an attachment‐focused parent group to home visiting. Demogr...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - June 25, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Alison Niccols, Ainsley Smith, Diane Benoit Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
