A5042066361- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
Leiden University
2019-2023
Institute of Child Health
2019
To date, results have been inconsistent in whether mothers show higher parental sensitivity to their infant than fathers do. The context which is measured may play a role these findings, but this has not examined yet. aim of the current study was test as source variability sensitivity, comparing maternal and paternal infants four different observational settings. Participants included 109 families with 4-month-old infants. Parental observed during routine caregiving session, free episode,...
Definitions of child maltreatment vary between studies, and few are informed by research in non-Western countries. We examined attitudes about China the Netherlands. The sample consisted 304 participants from three groups (mothers, fathers, teachers) two countries (China Netherlands). Participants completed Maltreatment Q-sort which 90 items reflecting four types (physical abuse, emotional physical neglect, neglect) divided 9 stacks 10 cards least (1) to most (9) damaging child. average...
Abstract Most still‐face paradigm ( SFP ) studies have been done in Western families with infant–mother dyads. The present study investigated the pattern 123 Dutch and 63 Chinese 4‐month‐old infants mothers fathers. classic effect was found for positive affect gaze both countries. For negative affect, showed a different than infants. With fathers, displayed less pronounced an increase from still face to reunion affect. Only minority of expected across episodes. Our findings support that...
The coherence of parents' narratives about their children, which is the extent to descriptions are accepting, consistent and complex, thought reflect optimal information processing interpersonal relations as such facilitate sensitive responsive parenting. However, despite recent meta-analytic findings that have demonstrated links between nature prenatal thoughts feelings unborn infant later parenting, studies yet examine narrative expectant future parent-child relationship. This study...
Narrative coherence reflects parents' ability to provide a believable, clear, relevant, and internally consistent story about their child. Parents demonstrating more narrative have been theorized show higher parental sensitivity, but this has not examined in normative sample, nor across the transition parenthood, only once fathers. The aim of study was examine stability change parenthood mothers fathers, as well relation between pre- postnatal sensitivity. sample consisted 105 primiparous...
Infant attention and parental sensitivity are important predictors of later child executive function (EF). However, most studies have investigated infant parent factors in relation to EF separately included only mothers from Western samples. The current study examined whether both at 4 months 14 were related (i.e., inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility) among 124 Dutch 63 Chinese first-time fathers their infants. Findings revealed that was not correlated with abilities months....
Abstract Grandparental caregiving is common in China, which can directly impact grandchild development. In addition, grandparents may have an indirect on children through their relationship with and support of the parents. However, associations between grandparenting, parenting, child outcomes are rarely investigated. The current study a pilot includes 42 mothers, fathers, co-residing examines whether grandparental sensitivity relates to parental (biological grandparent), maternal paternal...
Analyses of the present data are reported in article "Crossing Boundaries: A Pilot Study Maternal Attitudes about Child Maltreatment Nine Countries" [8]. Data were collected during home visits using Q-Sort (MQS). total 466 mothers from nine different countries gave their opinion child maltreatment by sorting 90 cards with parenting behaviors taken literature that reflect four types maltreatment, into 9 evenly distributed stacks (with 10 each) least to most harmful for child. This provides an...
Parenting skills, such as Autonomy Support (AS), have been proposed a potential mechanism explaining the intergenerational contiguity of Executive Function (EF). However, few studies focused on mothers and fathers among non-Western families. The current study investigated role maternal paternal AS in relation between parental EF infant at 14 months age 123 Dutch 63 Chinese first-time their infants. Multiple-group structural equation models were built for separately with country grouping...