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{"title":"Actively changing the narrative: An exploration of culturally grounded parenting and social skills","authors":"Katharine Suma,&nbsp;LaRen Morton,&nbsp;KeLa Allen,&nbsp;Margaret O. Caughy","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22137","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22137","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recognizing culturally salient aspects of socialization practices and understanding how these practices support culturally valued aspects of development is an integral component in conducting anti-racist research and validating the lived experiences of minoritized families. With this aim, we explored how Active Direction, an observational rating of an African American approach to parenting measured during mother–child interactions at age 2.5 (<i>n </i>= 172), supported social skills and emotion regulation for children living in a Southwestern metropolitan area of the United States concurrently, in kindergarten (<i>n</i> = 109), and in 1st grade (<i>n </i>= 108). Descriptive findings indicated few significant associations between Active Direction and socials skills or emotion regulation. Exploratory analyses, which included traditional parenting behavior measures of Sensitivity and Intrusiveness, also indicated limited significant relations between any measure of parenting and child skills. However, moderation analyses indicated that high levels of Active Direction attenuated the effects of sensitivity on aspects of child social skills. The lack of significant findings across the current study highlight how extant measures—of child social skills and parentings behaviors—are not performing as expected within these African American families.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 6","pages":"591-608"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11531381/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298787","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}

{"title":"Examining the relationship between parents’ self-reported mindfulness and observed language use in attachment-relevant communication","authors":"Alixandra Risi,&nbsp;Amy L. Bird,&nbsp;Josephine McNamara,&nbsp;Jane S. Herbert,&nbsp;Kerry Sparrow,&nbsp;Judy A. Pickard","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22134","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22134","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Parents’ language use is an important context for early socialization. We examined the relationship between parents’ self-reported mindfulness and observed language use in two forms of attachment-relevant communication. Sixty-three parents of 6–18-month-old infants from Australia (<i>n</i> = 32) and New Zealand (<i>n </i>= 31) completed the five facets of mindfulness-short form (FFMQ-SF) questionnaire, the adult attachment interview (AAI), and a 10-min play session with their infant. We examined parents’ frequency of word usage within the categories of the linguistic inquiry word count (LIWC) text analysis program to explore the relationship between mindfulness and language use. Mindfulness was associated with cognitive, affective, perceptual, and time orientation language use in the AAI. However, fewer associations were identified between mindfulness and language use in the parent-infant play session. Results are discussed in terms of their relevance to mindfulness and attachment.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 6","pages":"629-644"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.22134","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142183550","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}

{"title":"Low-income fathers are emotionally resilient: A qualitative exploration of paternal emotions across early parenting","authors":"Joyce Y. Lee,&nbsp;Shawna J. Lee,&nbsp;Olivia D. Chang,&nbsp;Analia F. Albuja,&nbsp;Muzi Lin,&nbsp;Brenda L. Volling","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22136","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22136","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Emotions play an important role in fostering positive parenting and healthy child development. This qualitative study explored the affective experiences of racially diverse US fathers with low income across the prenatal, postnatal, and early childhood periods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 fathers. Interview questions asked about fathers’ early parenting experiences that elicit parenting emotions of different valence. Results from thematic analysis demonstrated activation of multiple emotions depending on different proximal and distal experiences. Specific to proximal experiences, fathers reported feeling both excited and anxious about pregnancy and joyful and disappointed at childbirth. Related to distal experiences, fathers reported feeling encouraged by their social support networks that further aid their parenting, but feeling marginalized given systematic barriers (e.g., societal bias, high incarceration rates of Black fathers). Most importantly, fathers’ parenting emotions, especially negative ones, led to them resolving to stay involved in their children's lives, gaining a sense of responsibility, and changing behaviors to do right by their children. Fathers resorted to various coping strategies to regulate their negative emotions. Overall, fathers with low income are emotionally resilient. Infant and early childhood health professionals should support fathers' mental health to promote father-child engagement and thus, ultimately, young children's mental health and wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 6","pages":"645-669"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.22136","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134218","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}

{"title":"“When I hold my daughter, she quiets, no need [for]any verbal conversation”: A qualitative understanding of responsive caregiving in rural, Sindh Pakistan","authors":"Elizabeth Hentschel,&nbsp;Saima Siyal,&nbsp;Whitney Warren,&nbsp;Sadaf Lanjar,&nbsp;Dana C. McCoy,&nbsp;Henning Tiemeier,&nbsp;Aisha K. Yousafzai","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22135","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22135","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;Responsive caregiving is associated with secure attachment and positive child developmental outcomes. However, there is some debate on whether responsive caregiving is a universal construct. Few studies have researched responsive caregiving in diverse cultural settings, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In this study, we explore if and how responsive caregiving is conceptualized among mothers of children under 3-years-old in rural, Sindh Pakistan. A phenomenological qualitative study was implemented in Naushahro Feroze through in-depth interviews with twenty mothers. Mothers were asked about their aspirations for their children and how they would respond in a variety of different scenarios. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis with an inductive-deductive coding scheme. There was substantial variation in mothers’ described responsive behaviors and beliefs. Almost all mothers described using some form of responsive parenting. Responding to children's demands while the mother was preoccupied, using verbal responses to console children, and if mothers believed that children should be praised, lacked consensus. Most mothers described using breastfeeding for consolation and highlighted the importance of immediately consoling their crying child. The results suggest that there is a need for a more nuanced approach to understand caregiver behaviors across contexts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Responsive Fürsorge wird mit einer sicheren Bindung und positiven Outcomes in der kindlichen Entwicklung in Zusammenhang gebracht. Es ist jedoch umstritten, ob responsive Fürsorge ein universelles Konstrukt darstellt. Es gibt nur wenige Studien, die sich mit responsiver Fürsorge in unterschiedlichen kulturellen Kontexten, insbesondere in Ländern mit niedrigem und mittlerem Einkommen, befasst haben. In dieser Studie wird untersucht, ob und wie responsive Fürsorge von Müttern mit Kindern unter 3 Jahren im ländlichen Sindh in Pakistan konzeptualisiert wird. Es wurde eine phänomenologisch qualitative Studie durchgeführt, bei der Daten aus Naushahro Feroze in Form von Tiefeninterviews mit zwanzig Müttern genutzt wurden. Die Mütter wurden zu ihren Wunschvorstellungen für ihre Kinder befragt und dazu, wie sie in einer Reihe von unterschiedlichen Szenarien reagieren würden. Die Daten wurden mittels einer thematischen Inhaltsanalyse mit einem induktiv-deduktiven Codierschema analysiert. Es ergaben sich erhebliche Unterschiede in den Beschreibungen der Mütter über ihre responsiven Verhaltensweisen und Überzeugungen. Fast alle Mütter beschrieben, irgendeine Form von responsiver elterlicher Fürsorge anzuwenden. Es ergab sich unter den Müttern keine Einigkeit darüber, ob auf Forderungen der Kinder einzugehen sei, wenn die Mutter selbst beschäftigt war, Kinder verbal zu trösten seien, und ob die Mütter glaubten, dass Kinder gelobt werden sollten. Die meisten Mütter beschrieben, dass sie ihr Kind durch Stillen trösteten und betonten, wie wichtig es sei, ihr weinendes Kin","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 6","pages":"705-720"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120923","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}

{"title":"Development of coparenting during the transition to parenthood: Integrating parents’ representations with observed interactions","authors":"Francisca Pérez Cortés,&nbsp;María José León,&nbsp;Diane Philipp","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22133","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22133","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The transition to parenthood is a significant period of transformation and adjustment for all members of a new family, reshaping relational dynamics that often endure throughout the initial years of a child's life. This qualitative and longitudinal study aimed to explore coparenting representations held by both partners in a parental couple, along with observations of their family interactions, at three distinct points in time, with the aim to better understand the interaction between these representational and behavioral observations. In-depth interviews were conducted with 17 heterosexual, first-time parents in Santiago de Chile, during pregnancy and at two different times during the first year of their child's life. Family interactions were assessed using the Lausanne Trilogue Play task (LTP) on all occasions. Three main coparenting representation categories emerged: traditional, ambiguous, and co-responsible. On observation, approximately half of the couples showed cooperative coparenting interactions, while the other half had conflictual interactions. Couples generally followed stable trajectories over time. Cooperative couples demonstrated co-responsibility and open dialogue, while conflictual couples tended to follow traditional gender roles with tacit communication styles. This study highlights the importance of promoting co-responsibility and dialogue for fostering cooperative relational dynamics during the critical transition to parenthood.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 5","pages":"483-496"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005572","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}

{"title":"The HEADS-ED under 6: Piloting a new communimetric mental health and developmental screening and triage tool for young children","authors":"Christine Polihronis,&nbsp;Paula Cloutier,&nbsp;Lori Kempe,&nbsp;Joel Schryer,&nbsp;Mario Cappelli","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22131","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22131","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Communimetric screening tools help clinicians identify and communicate their patient's areas of need and the corresponding level of action. However, few tools exist to identify mental health (MH) and developmental needs in young children. We aimed to implement and evaluate a new communimetric MH and developmental screening tool for children under 6 (HEADS-ED Under 6) in a community MH agency in Ontario, Canada. Using a prospective cohort design, we explored how intake workers used the HEADS-ED Under 6 screening tool from November 2019 to March 2021. 94.5% of children (<i>n</i> = 535/566) were screened with the HEADS-ED at intake. Total HEADS-ED scores and domains were used to inform the intensity of recommended services. Three clinical domains (Eating &amp; sleeping, Development, speech/language/motor, and Emotions &amp; behaviors) also independently predicted a priority recommendation. The tool showed good concordance with the InterRAI Early Years for children under 4 years old. The HEADS-ED Under 6 was a brief, easy, and valid screening tool, and can be used to identify important MH and developmental domains early, rate level of action/impairment, communicate severity of needs, and help determine intensity of service required.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 5","pages":"557-568"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.22131","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914266","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}

{"title":"Supporting positive parenting among pregnant people in recovery from opioid use disorder: Introducing family check-up–prenatal","authors":"Katherine L. Guyon-Harris,&nbsp;Elizabeth E. Krans,&nbsp;Anne Gill,&nbsp;Caroline Karnosh,&nbsp;Daniel S. Shaw","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22132","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22132","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant people has increased dramatically during the opioid epidemic, affecting a significant number of families with young children. Parents with OUD commonly face significant challenges as they are often balancing the stress of caring for young children with maintaining recovery and co-occurring psychosocial challenges (e.g., mental health, low social support). Toward designing interventions to address parenting needs among parents with OUD, we conducted a mixed-methods study to understand the acceptability of receiving parenting support prenatally among pregnant people with OUD residing in the United States. Semi-structured interviews were conducted among 18 pregnant and early postpartum people recruited from a substance use treatment program specializing in the care of pregnant and parenting populations. Among all participants, a prenatal parenting program that comprehensively addresses recovery, parenting, and wellbeing was found to be widely acceptable. Regarding content most desirable within a parenting intervention, participants indicated an interest in breastfeeding, caring for newborns with in-utero opioid exposure, parent-infant bonding, infant soothing techniques, their own wellbeing/mental health, and parenting skills. We introduce a prenatal adaptation of the well-established Family Check-up parenting intervention as a novel, prenatal intervention to prevent negative outcomes for caregivers in recovery and their children.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 5","pages":"579-587"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141907948","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}

{"title":"Maternal antenatal depression, oxytocin, and infant temperament: The roles of ethnicity and adult attachment avoidance","authors":"Jane Kohlhoff,&nbsp;Lisa Karlov,&nbsp;Mark Dadds,&nbsp;Bryanne Barnett,&nbsp;Derrick Silove,&nbsp;Valsamma Eapen","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22129","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined the associations between maternal depression and oxytocin in pregnancy, caregiving sensitivity and adult attachment style, and infant temperament. One hundred and six women recruited from a public hospital antenatal clinic in Australia, and their infants completed assessments at three time points (Time 1: pregnancy; Time 2: 3-month postpartum; Time 3: 12-month postpartum). Mothers completed self-report questionnaires assessing maternal depression symptom severity at Time 1–3, adult attachment style at Time 2, and infant temperament at Time 3. At Time 1, they also provided a blood sample to assess peripheral oxytocin levels, and at Time 2, participated in a parent–child interaction session, which was later coded for caregiving behavior (sensitivity). Neither maternal depression nor lower levels of oxytocin during pregnancy predicted difficult infant temperament; rather, it was predicted by non-Caucasian ethnicity. When all other variables were free to vary, adult attachment avoidance mediated an association between maternal depression during pregnancy and difficult infant temperament. Results highlight the potential value of interventions focusing on adult attachment insecurity for pregnant women and raise questions about associations between culture/ethnicity and infant temperament.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 5","pages":"516-528"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.22129","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890484","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}

{"title":"Predicting fidelity and treatment outcomes in savoring interventions among mothers of young children","authors":"Jessica L. Borelli,&nbsp;Silvia Perzolli,&nbsp;Margaret Kerr,&nbsp;Patricia A. Smiley","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22130","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22130","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Savoring impacts parents’ emotions and parent–child relationship quality. Using data from a randomized controlled trial (<i>N</i> = 164 mothers of 18–27-month-olds, 37 interveners) conducted with a community sample in the United States, this study examined predictors of fidelity and treatment outcomes across two savoring preventative interventions (relational savoring and personal savoring). Treatment outcome indicators were selected from a battery administered immediately post-intervention (maternal closeness to child) and at a 3-month follow-up (maternal sensitivity, reflective functioning). We examined whether intervener education level (bachelor's degree/no bachelor's degree) predicted fidelity (Research Question 1), whether intervener education level predicted treatment outcomes (Research Question 2), and whether fidelity predicted treatment outcomes (Research Question 3). In many cases, intervener education background was not related to fidelity or treatment outcome; however, interveners without bachelor's degrees showed greater adherence to the protocols on some scales (higher positivity, higher secure base, higher calm matching) and sessions with these interveners were associated with greater increases in maternal sensitivity. Regardless of the intervener education level, redirecting attention to the positive and calmly matching participants’ tone were associated with higher maternal reflective functioning, and higher secure base scores were associated with greater closeness. Findings have implications for the training and implementation of prevention programs for parents.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 5","pages":"497-515"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.22130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141879608","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}

{"title":"The prenatal caregiving expectations questionnaire-revised version: Factor structure, internal consistency, and initial construct validity","authors":"Katrine Røhder,&nbsp;Magnus Volden Baumann,&nbsp;Karen-Inge Karstoft,&nbsp;Ida Schleicher,&nbsp;Carol George,&nbsp;Susanne Harder","doi":"10.1002/imhj.22128","DOIUrl":"10.1002/imhj.22128","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An efficient, multidimensional instrument is needed to screen non-optimal prenatal parental representations predictive of postnatal parenting behavior and child attachment. The present work aimed to revise and validate the Prenatal Caregiving Expectations Questionnaire—Revised (PCEQ-R). Survey data from two independent samples of pregnant, primarily Danish, women (<i>N </i>= 300/322) were collected to 1) test the factor structure and select items for a 20-item version, and 2) confirm the factor structure, examine internal consistency, and establish initial construct validity. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor model of helpless-dysregulated, anxious-hyperactivated, and avoidant-deactivated caregiving representations. Internal consistency was acceptable (<i>α</i> &gt; .73). Construct validity analyses showed that higher helpless-dysregulated caregiving was associated with low maternal antenatal attachment quality (<i>r_s</i> = −.36) and intensity (<i>r_s</i> = −.11), increased risk of perinatal depression (<i>r_s</i> ₌ .37), and trait anxiety (<i>r_s</i> ₌ .37). Higher anxious-hyperactivated caregiving was associated with better maternal antenatal attachment quality (<i>r_s</i> ₌ .20) and higher intensity (<i>r_s</i> = .26), while avoidant-deactivated caregiving was not associated with maternal antenatal attachment. These findings support the validity and multidimensional structure of the measure. The homogenous nature of the sample limits generalizability of results. Future studies should examine predictive validity of the PCEQ-R and include clinical samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":48026,"journal":{"name":"Infant Mental Health Journal","volume":"45 5","pages":"541-556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imhj.22128","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141591737","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}