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Inter-Relations between Mind-Mindedness, Maternal Communicative Style in the Context of Attachment Distress, and Infant-Mother Attachment Security
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Elisabetta Lombardi; Cinzia Di Dio; Elizabeth Meins; Chiara Giovanelli; Franca Crippa; Daniela Traficante; Antonella Marchetti; Lucia Leonilde Carli – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2025
The quality of the maternal communication plays a critical role in the development of secure infant-caregiver attachment. This relationship may be mediated by the caregivers' capacity to recognize and appropriately respond to the child's mental states (i.e., mind-mindedness). To specifically explore the role of mind-mindedness in the relationship…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Mothers, Attachment Behavior, Infants
Romantic Attachment Styles, Harsh Parenting Behavior, and Children's Emotional Reactivity: A Process Model
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Cory R. Platts; Melissa L. Sturge-Apple; Zhi Li; Patrick T. Davies – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2025
This study examined whether parenting behavior serves as an intervening mechanism in accounting for associations between romantic attachment styles and children's emotional reactivity (i.e., anger and distress reactivity). Participants included 235 mothers (62% White) and a preschool-aged child (M[subscript age] = 2.97; 55% female) recruited from…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Attachment Behavior, Parenting Styles, Emotional Response