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Phenomenological research in the field of Infant Mental Health and Early Childhood (IECMH) -A mapping review 婴幼儿心理健康与幼儿期（IECMH）领域的现象学研究——综述。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70073

Minna Sorsa, Bente Dahl, Idun Røseth

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Birth experience partially mediates link between prenatal mental health symptoms and postpartum bonding 出生经历部分介导产前心理健康症状与产后关系的联系。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70074

Emily D. Barnes, Hannah L. Brown, Mei Elansary, Dawne Vogt, Varsha Kulkarni, Yael I. Nillni

{"title":"Birth experience partially mediates link between prenatal mental health symptoms and postpartum bonding","authors":"Emily D. Barnes, Hannah L. Brown, Mei Elansary, Dawne Vogt, Varsha Kulkarni, Yael I. Nillni","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70074","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70074","url":null,"abstract":"Mother–infant bonding is crucial for child development. Prenatal mental health and subjective birth experience are both predictors of postpartum bonding. The purpose of this study was to investigate how prenatal depression, anxiety, and stress were related to bonding and whether these relationships were mediated by birth experience. This prospective cohort study included a diverse sample of 108 pregnant women (38% non-Hispanic White, 37% Black, 25% another race/ethnicity) in the Northeastern United States, approximately half of whom had a mental health condition. Participants completed assessments during pregnancy and 5–7 weeks postpartum, including self-report measures of depression, generalized anxiety, perceived stress, birth experience, and postpartum bonding. Mediation analyses were conducted to explore the relationships between prenatal mental health symptoms, birth experience, and postpartum bonding. Higher levels of prenatal stress and depression symptoms predicted poorer postpartum bonding. These relationships were partially mediated by subjective birth experience. Generalized anxiety symptoms during pregnancy were not related to bonding. Results highlight the key role of the birth experience for postpartum bonding. Mental health symptoms early in pregnancy may impact subjective birth experience and postpartum bonding, suggesting that early interventions have the potential to improve maternal well-being and mother–infant bonding.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146012852","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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Trauma-informed care in early intervention: Providers’ barriers, boundaries, and needs 早期干预中的创伤知情护理：提供者的障碍、界限和需求。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-18 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70075

Crystal S. Williams, Mia Chudzik, Emily E. Holden

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The infant's lived experience of bonding and connection with their parents in a neonatal intensive care 在新生儿重症监护中，婴儿与父母的结合和联系的生活经验。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70069

Natalie Duffy, Leah Hickey, Karli Treyvaud, Clare Delany

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Control and connection: Associations between maternal behavioral control and toddler attachment patterns 控制与联系：母亲行为控制与幼儿依恋模式之间的关系。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70066

Nour M. Zaki, Maya A. Shehata

{"title":"Control and connection: Associations between maternal behavioral control and toddler attachment patterns","authors":"Nour M. Zaki, Maya A. Shehata","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70066","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70066","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the association between the level of maternal behavioral control and toddlers’ attachment patterns, focusing on toddlers aged 12–24 months (M = 17.18 months, SD = 3.31). The sample consisted of 60 Egyptian mother-child dyads. Maternal behavioral control—conceptualized within the framework of Interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory (IPARTheory)—was measured using the behavioral control scale, while toddlers’ attachment patterns were assessed using Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation Procedure (SSP). Results revealed significant differences in maternal behavioral control levels in toddlers with secure and insecure attachment patterns. Specifically, higher levels of maternal behavioral control were associated with insecure-resistant attachment patterns, whereas lower levels of behavioral control were associated with secure attachment patterns. No significant difference emerged between maternal behavioral control levels in toddlers with secure and avoidant attachment patterns. The findings speak to the effects of behavioral control on toddlers’ perceptions of danger and, thus, their internal working models of the world and resulting attachment patterns. Study limitations and future directions of research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145918915","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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Relationship between family environmental factors and infant sleep 家庭环境因素与婴儿睡眠的关系：家庭因素与婴儿睡眠。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70067

Niina Palm, Pirjo Pölkki, Juha Hämäläinen, Anneli Kylliäinen, Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä, Pertti Töttö, Tiina Paunio, E. Juulia Paavonen

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Experienced barriers and facilitators of change in a video-feedback intervention among parents of preschool children with externalizing behaviors: A qualitative study 有外化行为的学龄前儿童家长在视频反馈干预中的经验障碍和改变促进者：一项定性研究。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-04 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70064

Nina Marie Lassen, Tine Steenhoff, Ida Egmose, Bryan Cleal, Mette Skovgaard Væver

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Early socioaffective programming in infants: Maternal perinatal psychosocial stress and developmental profiles in a longitudinal Argentine study 婴儿早期社会情感规划：阿根廷纵向研究中母亲围产期社会心理压力和发展概况。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2026-01-04 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70061

Hernán López-Morales, Julieta Mariel Sosa, Eliana Vanesa Zamora, Macarena Verónica del Valle, María José Aguilar, Rosario Gelpi-Trudo, Eduardo Tomás Cánepa, Marcela Carolina López, Ana Faas, Sebastián Urquijo

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What is the youngest possible age for developing posttraumatic stress disorder? A systematic literature review 患上创伤后应激障碍的最小年龄是多少？系统的文献综述。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-30 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70060

Michael S. Scheeringa

{"title":"What is the youngest possible age for developing posttraumatic stress disorder? A systematic literature review","authors":"Michael S. Scheeringa","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70060","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70060","url":null,"abstract":"Due to growing awareness of post-traumatic reactions and development of treatments for young children (0–6 years), there is an increasing need for accurate assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). If the youngest children cannot manifest PTSD due to still-emerging cognitive emotional abilities, then treatments relying on those abilities may be ineffective. The objective of this review is to systematically review the literature of detailed case reports to provide guidance on the earliest possible age when the developmental capacities needed for the development of PTSD have sufficiently emerged. Literature searches were conducted in PsycInfo and PubMed databases for children who experienced trauma prior to 36 months of age. This review identified 54 cases. Six cases showed potential to fulfill diagnostic criteria of PTSD for children 6 years or younger (PTSD-6Y) if reports were taken at face value. The ages of trauma ranged from 0 to 35 months, with the youngest age of trauma at 15 months. The reports of symptoms, however, often lacked verification by details and examples, placing the potential diagnoses in doubt. Recommendations for further research are offered for more comprehensive and rigorous interviewing techniques to validate possible diagnoses of children with PTSD under 36 months of age.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145858276","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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An evaluation of “preventing expulsion in preschool”: A cognitive-behavioral, strengths-based teacher training to reduce early childhood exclusionary discipline “预防学前驱逐”的评估：认知行为，优势为基础的教师培训，以减少早期儿童排他性纪律。

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Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2025-12-29 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70063

Elyse Shenberger, Katherine Zinsser

{"title":"An evaluation of “preventing expulsion in preschool”: A cognitive-behavioral, strengths-based teacher training to reduce early childhood exclusionary discipline","authors":"Elyse Shenberger, Katherine Zinsser","doi":"10.1002/imhj.70063","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.70063","url":null,"abstract":"Preschoolers are excluded from early childhood education settings at alarming rates, largely for developmentally typical emotional responses. Boys, Black children, and children with disabilities are being excluded disproportionately more than their peers. In 2018, Illinois enacted legislation to limit formal expulsion; however, children are still pushed out of programs. This study evaluated Preventing Expulsion in Preschool (PEP)—a self-paced, virtual teacher training providing content on exclusion in Illinois, social-emotional development, and strategies for self-regulation in response to a child's behavior. Predominantly female, Illinois teachers of color (N = 41) received continuing education credit for completing the training and were evaluated pre-, post-, and 3-month-post-training to assess knowledge, attitude, skill maintenance, and changes in classroom practices. Through self-report, participants positively received the training, trauma-informed attitudes improved immediately after the training and were sustained at a 3-month follow-up, perceived stress decreased, self-care uptake increased, and prosocial classroom management techniques improved at 3-month follow-up. Though expulsion risk increased following PEP, reported exclusionary discipline and expulsion practices decreased at follow-up. These results inform policymakers that a brief, online training may reduce exclusionary discipline and is a good use of teacher time.","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145858221","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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