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The influence of maternal representations of the child on parenting behaviors: A longitudinal study from pregnancy to 4 years postpartum 母亲对孩子的表述对养育行为的影响：一项从怀孕到产后4年的纵向研究

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70122

Joohee Lee, Matthew J. Marvin, Alexandra L. Ballinger, G. Anne Bogat, Amy K. Nuttall, Alytia A. Levendosky

{"title":"The influence of maternal representations of the child on parenting behaviors: A longitudinal study from pregnancy to 4 years postpartum","authors":"Joohee Lee, Matthew J. Marvin, Alexandra L. Ballinger, G. Anne Bogat, Amy K. Nuttall, Alytia A. Levendosky","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.70122","url":null,"abstract":"Maternal representations of the child begin forming during pregnancy and evolve through interactions with the baby. Research suggests that prenatal representations may have a more stable impact on parenting than postnatal representations, but their long-term impact remains unclear. This study examines (1) how prenatal and 1-year postnatal representations are associated with parenting when child is age 4 and (2) whether prenatal representations have a more enduring influence on later caregiving than postnatal representations by exploring how stability or shifts in representations across time shape parenting. One hundred fifty-five US mothers, oversampled for intimate partner violence and low income, participated in this longitudinal study. Prenatal balanced representations were significantly associated with more sensitive and less unresponsive parenting, whereas disengaged representations were linked to lower sensitivity and greater unresponsiveness. Postnatal representations predicted sensitive parenting but were not significantly associated with intrusive or unresponsive behaviors. Examination of changes in prenatal to postnatal representations revealed that mothers who shifted from balanced (prenatal) to non-balanced (postnatal) representations displayed higher sensitivity than those who remained non-balanced. Results highlight the consistent impact of prenatal representations on parenting, emphasizing the need for timely interventions during pregnancy and the early postpartum period to promote positive parenting.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.70122","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149146338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Experiences of mothers with borderline personality disorder following an intervention to support mother-infant relationships: “more tools in my toolbox” 患有边缘型人格障碍的母亲在支持母婴关系的干预后的经历：“我的工具箱里有更多的工具”。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-10-05 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70119

Jade Pryor, Alyssa Sawyer, Clemence Due, Sally Watson, Anne Sved Williams

{"title":"Experiences of mothers with borderline personality disorder following an intervention to support mother-infant relationships: “more tools in my toolbox”","authors":"Jade Pryor, Alyssa Sawyer, Clemence Due, Sally Watson, Anne Sved Williams","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70119","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70119","url":null,"abstract":"Motherhood is inherently demanding, and some of these demands may be amplified for women with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The exacerbation of BPD symptoms from parenting-related stressors can have adverse impacts on mother-infant relationships and infant development. This qualitative study explores Australian mothers’ views of the impacts of mother-infant dialectical therapy plus (MI-DBT+). MI-DBT+ is an innovative therapeutic intervention which integrates mother-infant dialectical behavior Therapy (MI-DBT), a known effective intervention for the mental health of mothers with BPD, with attachment and biobehavioral catch-up (ABC) therapy. Specifically, eight mothers completed semi-structured interviews about their experiences of intervention following completion of the MI-DBT+ program. A thematic analysis of this interview data found that mothers appreciated learning more skills to enhance their understanding of their infants’ needs, behaviors and emotions. Mothers also reported improved reflective functioning and better control of their emotional responses. These skills assisted in managing emotional distress at both the individual and dyadic level. The study was limited due to available demographic data, with only maternal and child age available. Discussion also focuses on the fit between DBT and ABC, longer term developmental concerns and sustainability.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13638485/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Context processing as a moderator of the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and the adaptation of maternal sensitivity following stress related to separation 情境处理在创伤后应激症状与分离后母亲敏感性适应之间的调节作用

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-10-05 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70121

Shannen Graf, Lara Detoledo, Sophie Wood, Dominik A. Moser, Sébastien Urben, Daniel S. Schechter

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Infant and early childhood mental health professionals’ attitudes toward a system of professional endorsement: A quantitative examination of personal factors, professional support, and perceived benefits 婴幼儿心理健康专业人员对专业认可系统的态度：个人因素、专业支持和感知利益的定量检验。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-10-05 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70115

Lorraine F. Kubicek, Cheri J. Shapiro, Tristan Collier, Diana Morelen, Ashley McCormick

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Paternal involvement and caregiving outcomes at three years: A study using municipal data in Japan 父亲的参与和三岁时的照顾结果：一项使用日本市政数据的研究。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-10-05 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70118

Shogo Akahoshi, Reiko Saito, Aya Shimada, Kento Ikegawa, Funato Sato, Tetsuji Kaneko, Yoshihiko Morikawa, Yukihiro Hasegawa

{"title":"Paternal involvement and caregiving outcomes at three years: A study using municipal data in Japan","authors":"Shogo Akahoshi, Reiko Saito, Aya Shimada, Kento Ikegawa, Funato Sato, Tetsuji Kaneko, Yoshihiko Morikawa, Yukihiro Hasegawa","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70118","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70118","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to ascertain whether paternal involvement in childrearing at 18 months was associated with developmental and caregiving outcomes at the age of 3 years. We used the health examination records of 52,921 children born in Kitakyushu City, Japan, between 2013 and 2019, whose caregivers were designated to answer a question about paternal involvement at the 18-month examination. Valid responses were given by 33,619 caregivers, of whom 21,956 (65.3%) reported consistent involvement. To adjust for confounding by child and family characteristics, 1:1 propensity score matching was applied, yielding 11,175 matched pairs of children with consistent versus inconsistent involvement. The primary outcome, physician-flagged developmental issues, was slightly less prevalent among children with consistent paternal involvement (11.1% vs. 12.3%; relative risk .91, 95% CI .83–.99). Fewer children in this group were unable to say their own name (11.8% vs. 13.4%) or had difficulty dressing (5.5% vs. 7.0%). A lower proportion of caregivers reported concerns about childcare (19.6% vs. 23.5%) and frustration with childcare (16.3% vs. 20.3%). These findings suggest that consistent paternal engagement during toddlerhood is associated with slightly better child development and caregiver well-being, highlighting its potential relevance to early childhood health promotion strategies.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Longitudinal links between prenatal maternal depression and anxiety symptoms and infant temperament: The roles of postnatal symptoms and perceived partner support 产前母亲抑郁和焦虑症状与婴儿气质之间的纵向联系：产后症状和感知伴侣支持的作用

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70117

Raphaëlle Giac, Sophie Chaput-Langlois, Linda Booij, Katherine Séguin, Angélique Brun, Natalie Castellanos-Ryan, Cathy Vaillancourt, Sarah Lippé, Catherine M. Herba

{"title":"Longitudinal links between prenatal maternal depression and anxiety symptoms and infant temperament: The roles of postnatal symptoms and perceived partner support","authors":"Raphaëlle Giac, Sophie Chaput-Langlois, Linda Booij, Katherine Séguin, Angélique Brun, Natalie Castellanos-Ryan, Cathy Vaillancourt, Sarah Lippé, Catherine M. Herba","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.70117","url":null,"abstract":"The perinatal period is marked by heightened vulnerability to maternal depression and anxiety symptoms, which have been associated with early child socio-emotional development, including difficult temperament. This longitudinal study investigated whether prenatal maternal depression and anxiety symptoms predicted infant difficult temperament at 12 months through parallel mediation by postnatal maternal symptoms and perceived partner support. Given emerging evidence on sex differences in the associations between prenatal maternal distress and early socio-emotional development, exploratory multi-group analyses by child sex were also conducted. Pregnant individuals were recruited (October 2020–September 2022) for the Resilience and Perinatal Stress during the Pandemic (RESPPA) study in Quebec, Canada. Measures included the EPDS, GAD-7, ICQ, and perceived partner support assessed via self-reported online questionnaires. Path analyses (N = 1422) were conducted using data from the third pregnancy trimester (T1), three months postpartum (T2), and 12 months postpartum (T3). Separate models were estimated for depression and anxiety symptoms. Greater prenatal depression symptoms predicted higher infant difficult temperament scores, with postnatal depression symptoms and perceived partner support fully mediating this association. Similar findings emerged for anxiety. No significant sex differences were observed. Findings highlight postnatal maternal depression and anxiety symptoms and perceived partner support as potential screening and intervention targets to promote infant development.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.70117","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149083943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Childhood maltreatment and disrupted parenting in mothers exposed to intimate partner violence: Mediation via mothers' posttraumatic stress symptoms? 遭受亲密伴侣暴力的母亲的童年虐待和育儿中断：通过母亲的创伤后应激症状进行调解？

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-08-13 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70114

Willemien M. van den Dorpel, Lenneke R. A. Alink, Carlo Schuengel, Lude J. Rozema, Ralph C. A. Rippe, Anja van der Voort, Sabine van der Asdonk

{"title":"Childhood maltreatment and disrupted parenting in mothers exposed to intimate partner violence: Mediation via mothers' posttraumatic stress symptoms?","authors":"Willemien M. van den Dorpel, Lenneke R. A. Alink, Carlo Schuengel, Lude J. Rozema, Ralph C. A. Rippe, Anja van der Voort, Sabine van der Asdonk","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70114","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70114","url":null,"abstract":"Parents who have experienced childhood maltreatment may develop posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and display disrupted parenting behavior, particularly in situations of revictimization through intimate partner violence (IPV). This study investigated (1) the relation between parental childhood maltreatment, PTS symptoms, and disrupted parenting, and (2) whether PTS symptoms mediate the relation between childhood maltreatment and disrupted parenting. A culturally diverse sample of IPV-exposed mothers participated (N = 52; Mage = 30.6 years) and their children (Mage = 2.8 years; range = 7.5 months–7.0 years), residing in Dutch women's shelters. Multiple Bayesian regression analyses were carried out, and prior probability distributions (priors) were used, informed by a systematic literature search. Results showed a positive association between childhood maltreatment and PTS symptoms but not between these variables and the overall construct of disrupted parenting. No meaningful mediation was found. Exploratory analyses showed some inconclusive evidence for mediation of PTS symptoms in the associations between'childhood maltreatment on the one hand and role/boundary confusion and fearful/disoriented parenting behavior on the other hand. The findings highlight the relevance of childhood maltreatment in the experience of PTS symptoms. Furthermore, they underscore the need for treatment focused on trauma and parenting in families exposed to IPV.Clinical trial registration: Ethical approval was given by the Medical Research Ethics Committee Leiden The Hague Delft (MREC LDD, protocol number NL74114.058.20) and the study was pre-registered in the Open Science Framework (DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/9EW7P).","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.70114","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148723309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Changes in parenting representations following Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) at an Australian Early Parenting Center 澳大利亚早期教育中心的安全教育圈（COS-P）后父母表现的变化。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-08-05 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70113

Jerrica Kuan, Anna-Lisa Camberis, Adam Johns, Jane Kohlhoff

{"title":"Changes in parenting representations following Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) at an Australian Early Parenting Center","authors":"Jerrica Kuan, Anna-Lisa Camberis, Adam Johns, Jane Kohlhoff","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70113","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70113","url":null,"abstract":"The Circle of Security-Parenting program (COS-P) is a widely disseminated attachment and mentalization-informed parenting intervention. Outcome studies, however, have yielded mixed results and its effectiveness for parents from different demographic groups is largely unknown. This study examined the outcomes of COS-P and explored parent demographics (mother/father status and education). Participants were 117 parents who attended COS-P at an Australian Early Parenting Center. The Composite Caregiving Questionnaire (CCQ) assessed caregiving representations (self-efficacy regarding emotion/affection and empathy/understanding, hostility, caregiving helplessness, and parental reflective functioning). Outcomes were analyzed using a mixed model repeated measures design. Results revealed significant post-intervention improvement on all CCQ domains, with some demographic differences. Fathers reported a greater rate of improvement in parental self-efficacy regarding empathy and understanding compared to mothers, after starting from a lower level. There were no differences in any outcomes between parents who were university-educated and those who were not. Findings provide further evidence that COS-P improves caregiving representations, but there may be some differences for mothers and fathers.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13440330/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148680387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Maternal mental health and its influence on children's early development: Evidence from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 母亲心理健康及其对儿童早期发展的影响：来自巴基斯坦开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦的证据。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-23 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70112

Elizabeth Hentschel, Amer Hasan, Mahreen Tahir-Chowdhry, Heather Tomlinson, Amna Ansari, Aisha Yousafzai, Naveed Hussain

{"title":"Maternal mental health and its influence on children's early development: Evidence from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan","authors":"Elizabeth Hentschel, Amer Hasan, Mahreen Tahir-Chowdhry, Heather Tomlinson, Amna Ansari, Aisha Yousafzai, Naveed Hussain","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70112","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70112","url":null,"abstract":"Little is known about the prevalence of maternal mental health challenges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and the ways in which it may influence the development outcomes of young children. This study describes the prevalence of three measures of maternal mental health: depression, anxiety and parenting stress, and assesses whether they independently or jointly predict early child development (ECD) even after accounting for stressors such as poverty, low access to quality education and limited social assistance. A population-proportionate, cluster-randomized household survey was conducted collecting data from a total of 1397 children aged 0–35-months-old and 705 children aged 36–72-months-old and their mothers. Unadjusted and adjusted Ordinary Least Squares linear regression analyses were run for the independent and joint association of maternal depression, anxiety, and parenting stress on ECD. There is a substantial prevalence of mental health concerns among the mothers in our sample—with several mental health concerns co-occurring. Maternal depression, anxiety, and parenting stress have a significant, negative and compounding interaction on child development for younger and older children, even after controlling for stressors and other covariates. Policy improvements are needed that focus on at-risk communities, providing mental health services and reducing exposure to stressors within communities and households.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148580602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Barriers and pathways to engagement in a home visiting intervention: Parents’ perspectives on minding the baby 参与家访干预的障碍和途径：父母对照顾婴儿的看法

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-21 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70111

Nina Thorup Dalgaard, Emma Heitmann, Maiken Pontoppidan

{"title":"Barriers and pathways to engagement in a home visiting intervention: Parents’ perspectives on minding the baby","authors":"Nina Thorup Dalgaard, Emma Heitmann, Maiken Pontoppidan","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.70111","url":null,"abstract":"Caregivers play a critical role in early child development, yet adverse experiences such as trauma or mental health difficulties can compromise caregiving. Minding the Baby (MTB) is a home-visiting intervention supporting vulnerable families from pregnancy to the child's second birthday. This study explored parents’ experiences to understand engagement and barriers to participation. Within a Danish MTB trial, 31 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with parents who completed, discontinued, or declined MTB. Data were analyzed thematically. Eight themes were identified: (1) Validation and Support in Early Parenthood, (2) Community Mobilization, (3) Divergent Perspectives within Couples, (4) Therapeutic Alliance and Home Visitors’ Skills, (5) Intervention as Time Consuming or Confusing, (6) Fear of Surveillance, (7) Not Identifying with the Target Group, and (8) When MTB Is Not Enough. Most parents valued parenting confidence-building, relational support, and flexible delivery. Barriers included mistrust, surveillance concerns, scheduling constraints (especially for fathers), perceptions of not belonging to the target group due to feeling “too well-functioning”, associated stigma, and limits of program scope. Parents found MTB broadly acceptable and supportive, highlighting the importance of transparent communication, flexible scheduling, and father engagement. Findings offer insights for recruitment, tailoring, and implementation of home-visiting programs.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.70111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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