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Long-term sequelae of mothers' and fathers' mind-mindedness in infancy: A developmental path to children's attachment at age 10.
Dev Psychol. 2019 Apr; 55(4):675-686.DP

Abstract

Rapidly growing research on parental mind-mindedness, a tendency to treat one's young child as a psychological agent and an individual with a mind, internal mental states, and emotions, has demonstrated significant links among parents' mind-mindedness, their parenting, and multiple aspects of children's development. This prospective longitudinal study of 102 community mothers, fathers, and infants, followed from 7 months to 10 years, contributes to research on mind-mindedness by addressing several existing gaps and limitations. We examine mechanisms that account for associations between parents' early mind-mindedness and children's future attachment security, using robust behavioral measures. Teams of trained observers coded parents' mind-minded comments to their infants at 7 months during naturalistic interactions, parents' responsiveness in naturalistic interactions and in elicited imitation tasks at 15 months, and children's security, using Attachment Q-Set at 2 years and Iowa Attachment Behavioral Coding at 10 years. Sequential mediation analyses supported a model of a developmental path from parents' appropriate mind-minded comments in infancy to children's security at age 10. For mothers and children, the path was mediated first through responsiveness at 15 months and then security at 2 years. For fathers and children, the path was mediated through attachment security at 2 years. Parents' nonattuned mind-minded comments had no effects on responsiveness or security. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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Miller JE
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa.
Kim S
Department of Sociology, Hanyang University.
Boldt LJ
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa.
Goffin KC
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa.
Kochanska G
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa.

MeSH

AdultChildChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolEmotionsFathersFemaleHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMaleMother-Child RelationsMothersObject AttachmentParentingProspective Studies

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

30525830

Citation

Miller, Jane E., et al. "Long-term Sequelae of Mothers' and Fathers' Mind-mindedness in Infancy: a Developmental Path to Children's Attachment at Age 10." Developmental Psychology, vol. 55, no. 4, 2019, pp. 675-686.
Miller JE, Kim S, Boldt LJ, et al. Long-term sequelae of mothers' and fathers' mind-mindedness in infancy: A developmental path to children's attachment at age 10. Dev Psychol. 2019;55(4):675-686.
Miller, J. E., Kim, S., Boldt, L. J., Goffin, K. C., & Kochanska, G. (2019). Long-term sequelae of mothers' and fathers' mind-mindedness in infancy: A developmental path to children's attachment at age 10. Developmental Psychology, 55(4), 675-686. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000660
Miller JE, et al. Long-term Sequelae of Mothers' and Fathers' Mind-mindedness in Infancy: a Developmental Path to Children's Attachment at Age 10. Dev Psychol. 2019;55(4):675-686. PubMed PMID: 30525830.
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