Evaluating associations between parental mind-mindedness and children’s developmental capacities through meta-analysis

IF 5.7 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Developmental Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.dr.2021.100946

Naomi J. Aldrich , Jing Chen , Louis Alfieri

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Abstract

Various lines of research suggest that parental mind-mindedness can facilitate children’s cognitive and social growth (e.g., executive functions and social cognition) in addition to improving parent-child relationships (i.e., attachments). The current research investigated the stability of the relationship between parental mind-mindedness and children’s developmental capacities by conducting a meta-analysis of 42 studies with 170 comparisons. Random effects analyses from the 170 comparisons revealed a modest positive mean effect size (r = 0.14), 95% CI [0.11, 0.16]. Next, the meta-analysis investigated three sets of potential moderators (sample characteristics, methodology, and publication factors) which led to 12 potential moderators in total. Of the 12, developmental capacity domain, children’s ages, mind-mindedness coding, mind-mindedness scoring, and research group were the five found to moderate the strength of the correlation. Parental mind-mindedness (coded for in regard to appropriate mind-related comments and/or mental attributes/comments) most strongly correlates with children’s executive functions, language abilities, and social cognition, and yields the strongest correlations when assessed during toddlerhood. Other analyses revealed that scoring parental mind-mindedness using the proportions of mind-minded utterances within speech is likely a conservative best practice, and that additional data from research groups is needed to ensure the stability of replications. We conclude with summaries of the literature’s quantitative findings currently and what that indicates about where subsequent investigations might focus.

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通过荟萃分析评估父母心智与儿童发展能力之间的关系

各种各样的研究表明，除了改善亲子关系(如依恋)外，父母的心智还可以促进儿童的认知和社会成长(如执行功能和社会认知)。本研究通过对42项研究和170项比较进行荟萃分析，调查了父母心智与儿童发展能力之间关系的稳定性。170个比较的随机效应分析显示中等正平均效应大小(r = 0.14)， 95% CI[0.11, 0.16]。接下来，荟萃分析调查了三组潜在调节因子(样本特征、方法和发表因素)，共产生12个潜在调节因子。在这12个因素中，发展能力领域、儿童年龄、思维能力编码、思维能力评分和研究小组被发现是调节相关性强度的5个因素。父母的心智倾向(编码为适当的心智相关评论和/或心理属性/评论)与儿童的执行功能、语言能力和社会认知最密切相关，并且在幼儿期评估时产生最强的相关性。其他的分析表明，使用言语中思想话语的比例来衡量父母的思想倾向可能是保守的最佳做法，需要来自研究小组的额外数据来确保重复的稳定性。我们总结了目前文献的定量发现，并指出了后续调查的重点。

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Developmental Review PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

11.00

自引率

3.00%

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审稿时长

51 days

期刊介绍： Presenting research that bears on important conceptual issues in developmental psychology, Developmental Review: Perspectives in Behavior and Cognition provides child and developmental, child clinical, and educational psychologists with authoritative articles that reflect current thinking and cover significant scientific developments. The journal emphasizes human developmental processes and gives particular attention to issues relevant to child developmental psychology. The research concerns issues with important implications for the fields of pediatrics, psychiatry, and education, and increases the understanding of socialization processes.