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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

Long-Term Sequelae of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Mind-Mindedness in Infancy: A Developmental Path to... 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. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Developmental Psychology American Psychological Association

Long-Term Sequelae of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Mind-Mindedness in Infancy: A Developmental Path to Children’s Attachment at Age 10

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American Psychological Association
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© 2018 American Psychological Association
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0012-1649
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1939-0599
DOI
10.1037/dev0000660
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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.

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Developmental Psychology – American Psychological Association

Published: Apr 10, 2019

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