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Although there is robust evidence of the benefits of attachment-based parenting interventions, limited research has examined their impact on dyadic mutuality and toddler behavior problems. Given the central question in prevention research of what works for whom, and the documented relation of maternal psychological risk to parenting and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Psychological Patterns, Risk, Attachment Behavior
Castrillón, Nancy – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The aim of this theoretical paper is to think about the emotional link that a mother establishes with her sick and disabled child as a creation of an artwork of care, which involves a process of comprehending and transforming the feelings of guilt, rejection, shame, pain and uncertainty regarding the presence of that child. In addition, the art…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Child Rearing
Kulasinghe, Kavindri; Whittingham, Koa; Mitchell, Amy E. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder are more likely to have features of the broad autism phenotype and adverse mental health outcomes. The broad autism phenotype can contribute to poorer mental health; however, the mechanism behind this relationship remains uncertain. This study investigated both the predictors of mental health and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Mothers, Young Children
McCafferty, Paul; McCutcheon, Judith – Child Care in Practice, 2021
Caring for a child that has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has implications for parents' social and emotional health and well-being. The following article presents the findings from a review of the literature to help elucidate some of the issues that these parents experience. The article begins by arguing that early intervention is the key to…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Stress Variables
Goldner, Limor; Golan, Yifat – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2016
The Bird's Nest Drawing (BND; Kaiser, 1996) is an art-based technique developed to assess attachment security. In an attempt to expand the BND's validity, the authors explored the possible associations between parental representations and the BND's dimensions and attachment classifications in a sample of 80 young Israeli mothers. Positive…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Freehand Drawing, Mothers, Attachment Behavior
Mesman, Judi; van IJzendoorn, Marinus; Behrens, Kazuko; Carbonell, Olga Alicia; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Cohen-Paraira, Inbar; de la Harpe, Christian; Ekmekçi, Hatice; Emmen, Rosanneke; Heidar, Jailan; Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Mels, Cindy; Mooya, Haatembo; Murtisari, Sylvia; Nóblega, Magaly; Ortiz, Jenny Amanda; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Sichimba, Francis; Soares, Isabel; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Pape, Marloes; van Ginkel, Joost; van der Veer, René; Wang, Lamei; Selcuk, Bilge; Yavuz, Melis; Zreik, Ghadir – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
In this article, we test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory's notion of the sensitive mother. In a sample including 26 cultural groups from 15 countries around the globe, 751 mothers sorted the Maternal Behavior Q-Set to reflect their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Young Children
Download full textHarden, Branda Jones – Administration for Children & Families, 2015
Infancy is a time of extreme opportunity, but it is also a time of extreme vulnerability, particularly for those reared in high-risk environments. Although infant exposure to any risk is important to understand, this brief focuses on the experience and impact of "trauma," defined as witnessing or experiencing an event that poses a real…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Trauma, Family Programs
Hornbuckle, Suzanne R. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2010
Various factors influence the developmental course of the behaviorally inhibited child. These factors include reciprocating, contextual factors, such as the child's own traits, the environment, the maternal characteristics, and the environment. Behaviorally inhibited children show physiological and behavioral signs of fear and anxiety when…
Descriptors: Children, Inhibition, Psychological Patterns, Depression (Psychology)
Richaud de Minzi, Maria Cristina – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This study examined: (1) the independence of children's attachments to mother and father; (2) the relationships between father and mother quality of attachment and children's social and cognitive self-competence, depression and loneliness; and (3) differences in those relationships by gender. Spanish translations of standardised and self-report…
Descriptors: Mothers, Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences
Steinberg, Sara J.; Davila, Joanne – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This study tested associations between adolescent romantic functioning and depressive symptoms and predicted that adolescents with emotionally unavailable parents would be most likely to show an association between poor romantic functioning and depressive symptoms. Data collected from 80 early adolescent nonreferred girls (average age of 13.45; SD…
Descriptors: Females, Early Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Kim, Eun Sil; Kim, Byeong Seok – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore how social support, mother's psychological status, and maternal sensitivity affected attachment security in children with disabilities by using the structural equation model (SEM). Subjects were 141 pairs of children with disabilities and theirs mothers. Empirical data was obtained through a series of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Marital Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Wright, Margaret O'Dougherty; Crawford, Emily; Del Castillo, Darren – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: Theoretically, exposure to experiences of emotional abuse (EA) and emotional neglect (EN) in childhood may threaten the security of attachment relationships and result in maladaptive models of self and self-in-relation to others. The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which EA and EN treatment by parents contributed…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Alcoholism, Psychopathology, Attachment Behavior
Travis, Wendy J.; Combs-Orme, Terri – Social Work Research, 2007
This study identified groups of mothers with varying patterns of adaptive functioning and bonds with their own parents. These patterns were related to mothers' parenting of their own children to understand how some mothers avoid repeating the cycle of poor parenting. Data from 210 new mothers were analyzed before hospital discharge about bonding…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Caregivers, Multivariate Analysis, Mothers
Love, Keisha McGhee – Journal of College Student Development, 2008
African American college students attending predominately White institutions often encounter stressors that their Caucasian peers do not experience. Because of these unique stressors, African American students are more prone to experience psychological distress. Identifying factors that counteract psychological distress among these students is…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Well Being, Psychology
Warren, Jared S.; Jackson, Yo; Sifers, Sarah K. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2009
Social support provisions were examined in relation to negative life events, adaptive skills, hope, and grade point average in a sample of 103 inner-city youth (ages 11-14). Analyses focused on seven support provisions: social integration, attachment, guidance and information, reliable alliance, reassurance of worth, nurturance, and instrumental…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Grade Point Average, Social Integration, Early Adolescents
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