scholarly journals Grandmothers are part of the parenting network, too! A longitudinal study on coparenting, maternal sensitivity, child attachment and behavior problems in a Chinese sample

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Liang ◽  
Yige Lin ◽  
Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn ◽  
Zhengyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Chinese Sample ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
And Behavior

Early mother–child attachment and behavior problems in middle childhood: the role of the subsequent caregiving environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 590-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin E. O’Connor ◽  
Marc A. Scott ◽  
Meghan P. McCormick ◽  
Sharon L. Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Remediating Child Attachment Insecurity: Evaluating the Basic Trust Intervention in Adoptive Families

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 736-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moniek A. J. Zeegers ◽  
Cristina Colonnesi ◽  
Marc J. Noom ◽  
Nelleke Polderman ◽  
Geert-Jan J. M. Stams
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
Attachment Insecurity ◽  
Basic Trust ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Behavior

Purpose: This study evaluated the video-feedback intervention Basic Trust in families with internationally adoptive children aged 2–12 years. The intervention aims to reduce child attachment insecurity and behavior problems by enhancing mothers’ and fathers’ sensitivity and mind-mindedness (parents’ capacity to hold in mind the mind of their child). Method: Fifty-three adoptive families participated in a pretest, posttest, and 6-month follow-up assessment. Questionnaires on parenting stress, child attachment insecurity, and behavior problems were administered. Parents’ sensitivity was assessed from free-play observations at home, and mind-mindedness was measured with a describe-your-child interview. Results: Parents reported less child behavior problems, insecure and disorganized attachment, and parenting stress at posttest and follow-up. Parents’ mind-mindedness increased from pre- to post-test but not from pretest to follow-up. Parents’ sensitivity showed an improvement at follow-up. Conclusions: Future studies should investigate whether the present study’s positive results can be replicated under conditions of strict experimental control.

scholarly journals Maternal Work Absence: A Longitudinal Study of Language Impairment and Behavior Problems in Preschool Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 1282-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ragnhild B. Nes ◽  
Lars J. Hauge ◽  
Tom Kornstad ◽  
Markus A. Landolt ◽  
Lorentz Irgens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Work Absence ◽  
Maternal Work ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Maternal physiological dysregulation while parenting poses risk for infant attachment disorganization and behavior problems

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther M. Leerkes ◽  
Jinni Su ◽  
Susan D. Calkins ◽  
Marion O'Brien ◽  
Andrew J. Supple
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Physiological Arousal ◽  
Adult Attachment Interview ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Sensitivity Score ◽  
Physiological Dysregulation ◽  
Attachment Disorganization ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Maternal Regulation

AbstractThe extent to which indices of maternal physiological arousal (skin conductance augmentation) and regulation (vagal withdrawal) while parenting predict infant attachment disorganization and behavior problems directly or indirectly via maternal sensitivity was examined in a sample of 259 mothers and their infants. Two covariates, maternal self-reported emotional risk and Adult Attachment Interview attachment coherence were assessed prenatally. Mothers' physiological arousal and regulation were measured during parenting tasks when infants were 6 months old. Maternal sensitivity was observed during distress-eliciting tasks when infants were 6 and 14 months old, and an average sensitivity score was calculated. Attachment disorganization was observed during the Strange Situation when infants were 14 months old, and mothers reported on infants' behavior problems when infants were 27 months old. Over and above covariates, mothers' arousal and regulation while parenting interacted to predict infant attachment disorganization and behavior problems such that maternal arousal was associated with higher attachment disorganization and behavior problems when maternal regulation was low but not when maternal regulation was high. This effect was direct and not explained by maternal sensitivity. The results suggest that maternal physiological dysregulation while parenting places infants at risk for psychopathology.

Infant withdrawal and behavior problems in urban Chinese toddlers: Roles of maternal sensitivity to infant distress and emerging delay ability

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-262
Author(s):  
Xi Liang ◽  
Min Liu ◽  
Meifang Wang ◽  
Jie Yu ◽  
Zhengyan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Infant Distress ◽  
And Behavior

Adoptive gay fathers’ sensitivity and child attachment and behavior problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Éric Alain Feugé ◽  
Chantal Cyr ◽  
Louise Cossette ◽  
Danielle Julien
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Gay Fathers ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Children’s Academic Achievement and Behavior Problems at the Intersection of Gender and Family Environment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kühhirt ◽  
Markus Klein ◽  
Ibrahim Demirer
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Behavior

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, this article investigates whether gender differences in children’s math, reading and behavior problems vary across mothers’ education and family structure. Drawing on the framework of intersectionality, we expect that boys growing up with less educated mothers and in single-parent families may lag more strongly behind girls in reading and behavior problems. In math, they may be less ahead than their peers from more advantaged backgrounds. Our findings provide evidence for the expected heterogeneity of gender differences by maternal education but not by family structure. This may suggest that cultural norms connected to education are more important than family resources and the presence of (male) role models in explaining the observed heterogeneity across family circumstances. We replicated these findings for academic achievement with data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study.

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