A5085622937- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Infant Health and Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Family Support in Illness
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
Heidelberg University
2021-2024
University Hospital Heidelberg
2023
Abstract Background In adolescent Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), interactions with caregivers often provoke dysregulation. Vagally-mediated heart rate variability (HRV), a physiological marker of regulatory capacities, shows alterations in BPD. Studies on individual and dyadic HRV adolescents BPD (BPD-A) their mothers (BPD-M) are lacking. We examined 1) resting state -, reactivity- recovery- HRV, 2) intrapersonal concordance interactional quality 3) mother-adolescent interpersonal...
Adaptive parent-child interaction plays a major role in healthy child development. Caregiver mental health problems can negatively impact interaction. In turn, interactional quality is often studied as predictor of outcome. However, characteristics supposedly shape interactions well. Given associations between and caregiver temperament, this study aimed at differentiating their effects on dyadic adolescence. Child temperament character age 5 were investigated longitudinal predictors observed...
Abstract Background Parents’ mental illness (MI) and parental history of early life maltreatment (ELM) are known to be significant risk factors for poor parenting while is a crucial mediator the intergenerational continuity child maltreatment. Hence, prevention programs families with an MI parent, which pay particular attention experiences ELM in urgently needed. Parental mentalizing was previously found mediate successful parenting. Interventions aimed at improving capacity reduced parents....
Research has established the diagnostic validity of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in adolescence. The roots BPD often lie childhood; however, significantly less is known about presence and correlates traits school-age children whether these are comparable with those observed adolescents. Trained psychologists administered Childhood Interview for Borderline Personality Disorder a cohort 14-year-old adolescents (n = 76) 9-year-old 70). We compared prevalence both cohorts investigated...
The present study investigated dissociation as a predictor of parenting and potential mediator in the relationship between early life maltreatment (ELM) impaired parenting. Mothers reporting moderate to severe sexual and/or physical abuse (assessed with Childhood Trauma Questionnaire) formed group (n = 58; MG) were compared non-maltreated comparison 61; CG) 5 months (T1) 12 (T2) postpartum. Dissociative symptoms assessed Experiences Scale (DES) at T1. Parenting was by self-report...
Abstract Background Early detection and intervention of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in adolescence has become a public health priority. Theoretical models emphasize the role social interactions transgenerational mechanisms development suggesting closer look at caregiver-child relationships. Methods The current study investigated mother-adolescent their association with adolescent BPD traits by using case–control design. Thirty-eight patients ≥ 3 mothers (BPD-G) were contrast to 35...