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Exploring the relation between maternal mind-mindedness and children's symbolic play: A longitudinal study from 6 to 18 months.
Infancy. 2020 01; 25(1):67-83.I

Abstract

Relations between mothers' mind-mindedness (appropriate attunement to their infants' internal states) at 6 and 12 months and infants' early symbolic play during infant-mother pretense at 12 and 18 months were investigated in a sample of 43 mothers and infants. Mothers' appropriate mind-related comments were associated with average level, length, complexity, and maturity level of symbolic play. Specific sub-categories of appropriate mind-related comments were identified as independent predictors of children's symbolic play. Appropriate comments about desires and cognitions at 6 months were associated with average level and length of episodes, as well as with maturity level of symbolic play at 12 months. Longitudinal stability in the appropriateness and content of mothers' mind-related comments was also investigated. The results are discussed in terms of the proposal that attunement to specific types of internal state should vary as a function of infant age in order to index mind-mindedness.

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Giovanelli C
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Di Dio C
Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
Lombardi E
Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
Tagini A
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Meins E
Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK.
Marchetti A
Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
Carli L
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

MeSH

AdultCognitionEmotionsFemaleHumansImaginationInfantInfant BehaviorLongitudinal StudiesMaleMindfulnessMother-Child RelationsMothersPlay and PlaythingsTheory of Mind

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

32749041

Citation

Giovanelli, Chiara, et al. "Exploring the Relation Between Maternal Mind-mindedness and Children's Symbolic Play: a Longitudinal Study From 6 to 18 Months." Infancy : the Official Journal of the International Society On Infant Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2020, pp. 67-83.
Giovanelli C, Di Dio C, Lombardi E, et al. Exploring the relation between maternal mind-mindedness and children's symbolic play: A longitudinal study from 6 to 18 months. Infancy. 2020;25(1):67-83.
Giovanelli, C., Di Dio, C., Lombardi, E., Tagini, A., Meins, E., Marchetti, A., & Carli, L. (2020). Exploring the relation between maternal mind-mindedness and children's symbolic play: A longitudinal study from 6 to 18 months. Infancy : the Official Journal of the International Society On Infant Studies, 25(1), 67-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12317
Giovanelli C, et al. Exploring the Relation Between Maternal Mind-mindedness and Children's Symbolic Play: a Longitudinal Study From 6 to 18 Months. Infancy. 2020;25(1):67-83. PubMed PMID: 32749041.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Exploring the relation between maternal mind-mindedness and children's symbolic play: A longitudinal study from 6 to 18 months. AU - Giovanelli,Chiara, AU - Di Dio,Cinzia, AU - Lombardi,Elisabetta, AU - Tagini,Angela, AU - Meins,Elizabeth, AU - Marchetti,Antonella, AU - Carli,Lucia, Y1 - 2019/11/12/ PY - 2018/11/02/received PY - 2019/10/26/revised PY - 2019/10/29/accepted PY - 2020/8/5/entrez PY - 2020/8/5/pubmed PY - 2021/11/3/medline SP - 67 EP - 83 JF - Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies JO - Infancy VL - 25 IS - 1 N2 - Relations between mothers' mind-mindedness (appropriate attunement to their infants' internal states) at 6 and 12 months and infants' early symbolic play during infant-mother pretense at 12 and 18 months were investigated in a sample of 43 mothers and infants. Mothers' appropriate mind-related comments were associated with average level, length, complexity, and maturity level of symbolic play. Specific sub-categories of appropriate mind-related comments were identified as independent predictors of children's symbolic play. Appropriate comments about desires and cognitions at 6 months were associated with average level and length of episodes, as well as with maturity level of symbolic play at 12 months. Longitudinal stability in the appropriateness and content of mothers' mind-related comments was also investigated. The results are discussed in terms of the proposal that attunement to specific types of internal state should vary as a function of infant age in order to index mind-mindedness. SN - 1532-7078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32749041/Exploring_the_relation_between_maternal_mind_mindedness_and_children's_symbolic_play:_A_longitudinal_study_from_6_to_18_months_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -