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{"title":"Mediating effects of parent–child dysfunctional interactions in the relationship between parenting distress and social–emotional problems and competencies","authors":"Ting Liu ,&nbsp;Ping Zhou ,&nbsp;Zhihong Zuo ,&nbsp;Meng Fan ,&nbsp;Yaoxuan Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101899","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101899","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigated the association between parenting distress and four variables of young children’s social–emotional problems and competencies: externalizing, internalizing, and dysregulation problems, and social–emotional competencies, and whether parent–child dysfunctional interactions mediated these associations. Participants were Chinese toddlers (<em>N</em><span><span> = 711) aged 24–36 months in family (44.3%) and center-based (55.7%) care. The results from structural equation modeling showed that parent–child dysfunctional interactions fully mediated the relationship between parenting distress and externalizing, and dysregulation problems, and social–emotional competencies, while partially mediated in the internalizing problems for both groups. Furthermore, multi-group SEM models showed the direct and indirect pathways differed between two groups. The research concludes that parent-child interaction plays a crucial role in mediating the relationship between parenting distress and young children’s social–emotional problems and competencies. For families’ choice of childcare, this study suggests early center-based services provided for toddlers exposed to family risk characteristics such as parents’ poor </span>mental health, and more importantly, low levels of parent–child interactions.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101899"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138296863","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":"Lower maternal emotional availability is related to increased attention toward fearful faces during infancy","authors":"Eeva Eskola ,&nbsp;Eeva-Leena Kataja ,&nbsp;Jukka Hyönä ,&nbsp;Hetti Hakanen ,&nbsp;Saara Nolvi ,&nbsp;Tuomo Häikiö ,&nbsp;Juho Pelto ,&nbsp;Hasse Karlsson ,&nbsp;Linnea Karlsson ,&nbsp;Riikka Korja","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101900","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101900","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It has been suggested that infants’ age-typical attention biases for faces and facial expressions have an inherent connection with the parent–infant interaction. However, only a few previous studies have addressed this topic. To investigate the association between maternal caregiving behaviors and an infant’s attention for emotional faces, 149 mother–infant dyads were assessed when the infants were 8 months. Caregiving behaviors were observed during free-play interactions and coded using the Emotional Availability Scales. The composite score of four parental dimensions, that are sensitivity, structuring, non-intrusiveness, and non-hostility, was used in the analyses. Attention disengagement from faces was measured using eye tracking and face-distractor paradigm with neutral, happy, and fearful faces and scrambled-face control pictures as stimuli. The main finding was that lower maternal emotional availability was related to an infant’s higher attention to fearful faces (<em>p</em> = .042), when infant sex and maternal age, education, and concurrent depressive and anxiety symptoms were controlled. This finding indicates that low maternal emotional availability may sensitize infants’ emotion processing system for the signals of fear at least during this specific age around 8 months. The significance of the increased attention toward fearful faces during infancy is an important topic for future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101900"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163638323000929/pdfft?md5=a5f74a3535f6bb2e804b238f21afbfd6&pid=1-s2.0-S0163638323000929-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138049069","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":"Stability of developmental milestones: Insights from a 44-year analysis","authors":"Tamara Fuschlberger ,&nbsp;Eva Leitz ,&nbsp;Friedrich Voigt ,&nbsp;Günter Esser ,&nbsp;Ronald G. Schmid ,&nbsp;Volker Mall ,&nbsp;Anna Friedmann","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101898","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101898","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using standardized test procedures is a reliable way of assessing early childhood development<span> in the pediatric setting. However, normal population’s developmental parameters may change over time. The aim of this study was to determine whether a change of developmental percentiles is present in infants in Germany during recent decades. Measured by an established German diagnostic instrument (Münchener Funktionelle Entwicklungsdiagnostik) we cross-sectionally compared developmental data (cognition, expressive language, language comprehension, fine and gross motor skills, social development, daily-living skills) of children aged 0–36 months collected in the 1970s and in 2018. N = 2065 children and their parents were included (1970s sample: N = 1660 and 2018 sample: N = 405). The T-Test of dependent variables<span> showed nonsignificant differences in the developmental scales. We hypothesized an infant Flynn effect, but the results of this study suggest that there are no developmental changes associated with the 50th percentile. Nevertheless, it is critical to emphasize the need for periodic revision and re-norming of developmental test procedures, even in the absence of significant changes in individual items.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101898"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136400827","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 pupil collaboration: A multi-lab, multi-method analysis of goal attribution in infants","authors":"Sylvain Sirois ,&nbsp;Julie Brisson ,&nbsp;Erik Blaser ,&nbsp;Giulia Calignano ,&nbsp;Jamie Donenfeld ,&nbsp;Robert Hepach ,&nbsp;Jean-Rémy Hochmann ,&nbsp;Zsuzsa Kaldy ,&nbsp;Ulf Liszkowski ,&nbsp;Marlena Mayer ,&nbsp;Shannon Ross-Sheehy ,&nbsp;Sofia Russo ,&nbsp;Eloisa Valenza","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101890","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101890","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The rise of pupillometry in infant research over the last decade is associated with a variety of methods for data preprocessing and analysis. Although pupil diameter is increasingly recognized as an alternative measure of the popular cumulative looking time approach used in many studies (Jackson &amp; Sirois, 2022), an open question is whether the many approaches used to analyse this variable converge. To this end, we proposed a crowdsourced approach to pupillometry analysis. A dataset from 30 9-month-old infants (15 girls; <em>M</em>_age = 282.9 days, SD = 8.10) was provided to 7 distinct teams for analysis. The data were obtained from infants watching video sequences showing a hand, initially resting between two toys, grabbing one of them (after Woodward, 1998). After habituation, infants were shown (in random order) a sequence of four test events that varied target position and target toy. Results show that looking times reflect primarily the familiar path of the hand, regardless of target toy. Gaze data similarly show this familiarity effect of path. The pupil dilation analyses show that features of pupil baseline measures (duration and temporal location) as well as data retention variation (trial and/or participant) due to different inclusion criteria from the various analysis methods are linked to divergences in findings. Two of the seven teams found no significant findings, whereas the remaining five teams differ in the pattern of findings for main and interaction effects. The discussion proposes guidelines for best practice in the analysis of pupillometry data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101890"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163638323000826/pdfft?md5=641ed50e1a29660a2ef51f2bbda81375&pid=1-s2.0-S0163638323000826-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72016526","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":"Effectiveness of infant massage on babies growth, mother-baby attachment and mothers' self-confidence: A randomized controlled trial","authors":"Zübeyde Ezgi Erçelik ,&nbsp;Hatice Bal Yılmaz","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101897","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101897","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Infant massage is a unique massage that can be application to babies in the postpartum period for centuries. While baby massage provides contact between the baby and the mother, it supports the growth processes of the baby. This study aimed to investigate the effects of online infant massage training on infant growth, mother-infant attachment, and mothers’ self-confidence. This randomized controlled clinical trial included 60 healthy-term infants and mother. The Demographic Data Collection Form, Maternal Attachment Scale, and Pharis Self-Confidence Scale were completed by all the mothers participating in the study. At the end of the 4th week, infant massage training was given to the mothers of the babies in the massage group by the primary investigator. Body weight, height, and head circumference measurements were made at the end of the 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 20th week of both group babies. At the end of the 20th week, the self-confidence of the mothers in both groups was assessed using the Maternal Attachment Scale and Pharis Self-Confidence Scale. Infants in the massage group had significantly higher mean body weight at the end of the 8th week (p = 0.006) and mean height at the end of 20th week (p = 0.05) than the infants in the control group. The Maternal Attachment Scale values were higher for the mothers in the massage group (p = 0.030). Infant massage is an effective method that strengthens maternal attachment and increases body weight and height in infants. The study is registered under the ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT05302427</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101897"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71523878","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":"Are changes in mothers’ representations of their infants related to changes in observed mother–infant interaction quality?","authors":"Kjersti Sandnes,&nbsp;Silja B. Kårstad,&nbsp;Stian Lydersen,&nbsp;Turid Suzanne Berg-Nielsen","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101896","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101896","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Infant mental health clinicians aiming to improve mother–infant dyads at risk typically target mothers’ representations of their infant or mother–infant interactions, assuming that one port of entry leads to change in the other. However, little is known about the relation between changes in mothers’ representations and in mother–infant interactions. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate this in a low- to moderate-risk community sample of 152 mothers (<em>M</em> = 29.7 years) of infants aged 0–2 years (<em>M</em> = 11.5 months) recruited from rural and urban cities in Norway. The mothers’ representations were measured using the Working Model of the Child Interview, and the quality of the mother–infant interactions was measured with the Emotional Availability Scales. We found no evidence of a relation between mothers’ changed representations and changed quality of mother–infant interactions. Several explanations concerning the low-risk status of the sample, the observation situation, the time between assessment points, and the homogeneous scores from the instruments used are discussed, as are the implications for clinical practice and future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101896"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49695462","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":"Mother-child and father-child “serve and return” interactions at 9 months: Associations with children’s language skills at 18 and 24 months","authors":"Yu Chen ,&nbsp;Natasha J. Cabrera ,&nbsp;Stephanie M. Reich","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101894","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101894","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Infants learn language through the back-and-forth interactions with their parents where they “serve” by uttering sounds, gesturing, or looking and parents “return” in prompt (i.e., close in time) and meaningful (i.e., semantically relevant to the object of interest) ways. In a sample of 9-month-old infants (n = 148) and their mothers and fathers (n = 296 parents) from ethnically and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds, we examined the associations between “serve and return” (SR) parent-child interactions and children’s language skills at 18 and 24 months. We also examined the moderation effects between maternal and paternal SR interactions on language outcomes. SR interactions were transcribed and coded from videotaped parent-child toy play activities during home visits. We report three findings. First, mothers who provided more meaningful responses to their child’s serves at 9 months had children with higher expressive language scores at 18 months. Second, fathers’ prompt responses (i.e., within 3 s) at 9 months were associated with higher receptive language scores at 18 months, but their meaningful responses were negatively associated with receptive language scores at 24 months. Third, the negative association between fathers’ meaningful responses and children’s receptive language scores was reduced (compensated) when mothers’ meaningful responses were high. Findings show that infants in ethnically and socioeconomically diverse families engage in frequent SR interactions with both mothers and fathers, who make unique contributions to infants’ language development. We discuss implications for programs and policies that aim to promote early language development and reduce gaps in school readiness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101894"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49695463","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":"How does sensitivity influence early executive function? A critical review on hot and cool processes","authors":"Cláudia Ramos ,&nbsp;Alfredo F. Pereira ,&nbsp;Amber Feher ,&nbsp;Joana Baptista","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101895","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101895","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is compelling evidence that the quality of caregiver-child interactions during toddlerhood and the preschool years supports the development of executive function (EF) (Bernier et al., 2010; 2015; 2016; <span>Fay-Stammbach et al., 2014</span>; Geeraerts et al., 2021). Based on such findings, we make the case herein that sensitivity may be one of the most important dimensions of parenting contributing to early EF. In the present article, we will review empirical evidence, integrating findings from a wide range of scientific disciplines – cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and developmental psychopathology – and present theoretical ideas about how two contexts of sensitive caregiving – i.e. sensitivity to distress and non-distress cues - may be contributing differently to hot and cool EF development. Implications for future investigations on the environmental contributors of early EF, and its mechanisms, are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101895"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49686611","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":"Story stems in early mother-infant interaction promote pretend play at 30 months","authors":"Anne Christine Stuart ,&nbsp;Sandra R. Gufler ,&nbsp;Anne Tharner ,&nbsp;Mette Skovgaard Væver","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101893","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101893","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>During early childhood, play develops through levels of sensory exploration and manipulation, to functional activities and during the second year of life to the level of pretend and symbolic play. However, little is known about the factors contributing to individual variations in the development of play. The present study investigated associations between maternal sensitivity and play conditions with different ways of engaging and participating and children’s development of pretend play. Participants were 64 primiparous mothers and their 30-months-old children. Sensitivity was assessed using the Coding Interactive Behavior (CIB) coding system, and children’s play was coded using the 12 Step Play Scale. Analyses showed no significant associations between sensitivity and children’s play development but a play condition introducing a story stem was associated with a higher developmental play level and longer duration of pretend play compared to free interactive play. The findings suggest that the use of a story stem may promote pretend play in interactive settings with the mother.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101893"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41242593","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":"Parental sensitivity to toddler’s need for autonomy: An empirical study on mother-toddler and father-toddler interactions during feeding and play","authors":"G. Ballarotto ,&nbsp;L. Murray ,&nbsp;L. Bozicevic ,&nbsp;E. Marzilli ,&nbsp;L. Cerniglia ,&nbsp;S. Cimino ,&nbsp;R. Tambelli","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101892","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101892","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>During the second year of life, children's need for autonomy grows, and their behaviors become increasingly complex. Parental sensitivity to children’s different cues is important in supporting adaptive psycho-emotional development. The present study assumes that mothers and fathers may respond with varying levels of sensitivity to the child’s different cues, with particular attention to requests for greater autonomy. The study also examines the possible role played by interactive contexts (ie., play and feeding) and children’s and parents’ individual factors. The sample comprised N = 91 families with children aged between 12 and 24 months. Mother-toddler and father-toddler interactions were assessed during feeding and play. Parents completed questionnaires assessing children’s temperament, psychopathological risk, and parenting stress.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>showed that toddlers’ demands for autonomy were the most frequent cues in both play and feeding contexts, both with mothers and fathers. Furthermore, parents were more sensitive to toddlers’ requests for cooperation than their requests for autonomy, in both interactive contexts. Moreover, mothers and fathers showed higher sensitivity to toddlers’ demands for greater autonomy in the play context rather than in the feeding context. Mothers were more sensitive than fathers to toddlers’ cues of resistance to parents’ actions and to toddlers’ requests for cooperation. Results showed differences and specificities in mother-toddler and father-toddler interactions in the two interactive contexts, showing associations between child negative emotionality, parental psychopathological risk and parenting stress, and maternal and paternal sensitivity to toddlers’ demands for greater autonomy during play and feeding, respectively. These results confirm the initial hypotheses regarding parental sensitivity and its differential expression according to child cues. Implications are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101892"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41242592","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}