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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"maternal sensitivity"”.
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Effects of maternal sleep deprivation on maternal sensitivity and contingent responsiveness
… proposed hypotheses the groups did not differ in sensitivity or contingent responsiveness. However, regression analyses revealed that depression and sleep deprivation together significantly predicted contingent responsiveness during the interaction. Mothers who were more depressed and sleep …
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Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Cues: The Effects of Learning Infant Massage
<p>The purpose of this study is to determine if the participation in an infant massage class would improve a first mother’s ability to recognize her infant’s communication cues. A quasi-experimental research design was utilized. A convenience sample of first time mothers aged 20 to 45 years with …
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Relationships between Posttraumatic Stress, Acculturation, and Maternal Sensitivity in Vietnamese and Hmong Mothers
… PTS, depression, anxiety, acculturation and maternal sensitivity. Transition theory (Bridges, 1980), and a conceptual model of parenting in immigrant populations building on Belsky's (1984) work, provided the theoretical framework (Foss, 1996). The sample was divided evenly between Vietnamese …
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Maternal Sensitivity, Maternal Mind-mindedness, and Infant Socioemotional Functioning: An Examination of Concurrent Associations
<p>Associations between maternal sensitivity, maternal mind-mindedness, and infant socioemotional (SE) functioning were examined in a sample of 40 mother-infant dyads. Semi-structured home observations were conducted to assess maternal sensitivity and collect maternal ratings of maternal depression …
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Dispositional empathy and physiological reactivity: joint contributions to maternal sensitivity with toddler-aged children
The present study investigated maternal dispositional empathy and skin conductance level (SCL) reactivity in response to infant emotional cues as joint predictors of maternal sensitive behavior with their toddler-aged children. Sixty-four mother-toddler dyads (31 boys) were observed during a series …
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Cross-Cultural Differences in Maternal Sensitivity and Child Behavior Among Chinese Canadian and European Canadian Families
… assessed differences in observational ratings of maternal sensitivity among European and Chinese Canadian mothers and their children between the ages of 0 and 3. Potential moderating variables (stress, attributions, socioeconomic factors, and acculturation) in the relationship between culture and …
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Developmental Origins of Infant Emotion Regulation: Mediating and Moderating Effects of Infant Temperament and Maternal Sensitivity
… measures of infant ER during frustration and maternal sensitivity were assessed at 6 months. Results revealed that PSA had a positive direct effect on infant ER, which potentially indicated emotional over-regulation in these infants. PSA also had a negative indirect effect on infant ER through …
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The role of inhibitory control, maternal sensitivity, and attachment security in the development and maintenance of self-regulation
… elucidate the roles of inhibitory control (IC), maternal sensitivity, and self-control in this relationship. Structural equation modeling was used to create an integrated theoretical developmental model of self-regulation. Attachment Security at 24 months was found to be a significant predictor …
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The influence of maternal sensitivity and maternal stimulation on later development of executive functioning via structural equation modeling
… study investigated the relations between early maternal behaviors, maternal sensitivity and maternal stimulation, and the later development of executive function. It was hypothesized that maternal behaviors could influence the development of executive function either directly or indirectly by …
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Maternal Social Networks and Mother-Infant Interactions in Preterm and Fullterm Infants (Support, Density)
This study examined the relationship between maternal perceptions of their social networks and mother-infant interactions in 34 mother-preterm dyads and 20 mother-fullterm dyads at six months of age. All preterm infants were of very low birthweight and experienced medical complications. Mothers …
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Supporting adolescent mothers using Video Interaction Guidance (VIG)
… by socio-demographic factors and lower levels of maternal sensitivity. In order to support adolescent mothers and the outcomes of their children, there is some evidence to suggest that video feedback interventions may be effective in enhancing maternal sensitivity. However, Video Interaction …
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Parenting and child competence: A longitudinal investigation of the moderating influences of ethnicity, family socioeconomic status, and neighborhood quality
… of associations between parenting (i.e., maternal sensitivity and traditional values) and four child outcomes (i.e., behavior problems, depression, loneliness, and school performance). Pathways of mediation for these parenting measures were also explored. In addition, age trends in …
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Multisensory Integration in Social and Nonsocial Events and Emerging Language in Toddlers
… this study’s second aim was to evaluate whether maternal sensitivity and SES moderate the proposed relationship between multisensory integration and language outcomes. Results indicated that toddlers’ multisensory integration abilities, F(1,33) = 4.191, p = .049, but not their general attention …
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Influences Of Early Child Characteristics And Health On Later Parent And Parent-Child Relationship Factors
… temperament and health difficulties influence maternal characteristics over the first three years as well as the mother child relationship. We used longitudinal data from 1364 families, collected as part of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD). Longitudinal …
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Maternal HPA Axis Function During Parenting is Associated with Reduced Brain Activation to Infant Cry and More Intrusive Parenting Behavior
<p>Previous research indicated that maternal cortisol function and maternal brain response to infant stimuli are separately related to differences in parenting behavior. Evidence from animal models have demonstrated that chronically high cortisol concentration alters brain structure and function, …
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Toddlers' self regulation as a mediator of the association between parenting and child compliance and noncompliance
… capacity partially mediated the relation of maternal sensitivity to compliance and passive noncompliance controlling for child's inhibitory capacity. Moreover, the full mediator effect was also found; the effect of intrusiveness on passive noncompliance became insignificant, when controlling …
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Exploring Maternal Personal and Interpersonal Functioning to Explain the Relation between Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behaviour Problems
I investigated the association between maternal childhood maltreatment history and child behaviour problems in the next generation, and what maternal personal and interpersonal variables mediate this relation. I hypothesized that previously studied maternal variables (maternal depression, social …
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Dynamical analysis of infant social referencing
… relations between joint attention, language, maternal sensitivity, and temperament and the emergence of social referencing in infants and to closely observe variability in social referencing. Five infants, 7 months of age, were observed on a weekly basis for a period of four months. All five …
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Are Holding Patterns Predictive of Infant Attachment Classification in 12 to 18 Month Old Infants?
… While Ainsworth (1973) has determined four maternal behaviors, tender holding, stimulation, contingent responding and maternal sensitivity to infant signals, that promote a secure attachment in infants, are there other behaviors a mother could perform to promote a secure attachment in her …
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Antecedents and Continuity of Compliance in Preschoolers
… of possible contributors, such as temperament, maternal sensitivity and attachment, have been identified. In this study, we examined these possible predictors of preschool compliance behavior through causal modeling utilizing a large and diverse longitudinal dataset from the NICHD Study of Early …
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