Finnish mothers’ and fathers’ reports of their boys and girls by using the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)

Alakortes, Jaana; Fyrstén, Jenni; Carter, Alice S.; Moilanen, Irma

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.02.016

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“…Paired comparisons of the maternal and paternal CBCL scale scores revealed that mothers were consistently prone to give higher SEB problem scores to their toddler‐aged children than were fathers. The current CBCL findings are in line with the earlier published BITSEA results of the same sample, although on the BITSEA, the differences between the maternal and paternal scores reached statistical significance on the Problem Total scale as well as on the externalizing and dysregulation problem domains, only for the total sample and boys (Alakortes et al., ). The differing internalizing problem results, as well as the differing findings concerning the girls, on the CBCL and BITSEA might be accounted for by differences in the corresponding scale and domain constructs of these two measures.…”

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“…First, we evaluated whether, consistent with the earlier BIT-SEA results of the same toddler sample (Alakortes et al, 2015), significant differences between maternal and paternal ratings could be confirmed by employing a more comprehensive measure, the CBCL/1-5, which has evidenced strong psychometric properties and is utilized in clinical practice worldwide (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000). Although the BITSEA findings described earlier are noteworthy, they must be interpreted as preliminary given that the BITSEA is a concise, first-stage screening measure with only a few items in each problem domain.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…In a previous part of the same research project (Alakortes, Fyrstén, Carter, Moilanen, & Ebeling, 2015), significant score discrepancies were found between maternal and paternal ratings on the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA; Briggs-Gowan & Carter, 2006) for a toddler sample (N = 208; M age = 19.3 months) whereas maternal and paternal BITSEA scores did not differ significantly for a sample of younger infants of either gender (n = 112 boys and 115 girls; total M age = 13.0 months). Among the toddlers, mothers reported higher total, externalizing, and dysregulation problem scores for boys as well as higher socioemotional competence scores for both boys and girls than did fathers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the internalizing problem domain, significant differences between the parental scores were not found among either boys or girls. Given the discrepancies found between the maternal and paternal BITSEA scores in the toddler sample (Alakortes et al, 2015) and the earlier described dearth of studies comparing maternal and paternal views of SEB problems among under 3-year-old children, we decided to further investigate the issue.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Because the current study was part of a larger research project focusing on infants'/toddlers' SEB development, data collection was carried out in the context of routine well-child visits, and it was voluntary-based for parents (Alakortes et al, 2015;Alakortes et al, 2016), the main emphasis of the data collection was given to child characteristics and functioning, and the amount and type of questions addressing parental characteristics were limited to minimal and neutral. Consequently, in this study, the main focus of parental factors was given to parenting stress, although other parental characteristics such as parental psychopathology and marital discord also have been found to be potential moderators of interparental discrepancies in behavior ratings of older offspring (Christensen et al, 1992, Jensen et al, 1988Treutler & Epkins, 2003).…”

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Parental Reports of Early Socioemotional and Behavioral Problems: Does the Father's View Make a Difference?

Alakortes

Fyrstén

Bloigu

et al. 2017

Infant Ment. Health J.

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Although both mothers and fathers are essential sources of information to address early socioemotional/behavioral (SEB) problems, there continues to be a dearth of studies considering both parental views. A sample of 208 toddlers (M = 19.3 months) was recruited through public child health centers. Both parents of 172 toddlers (76 boys, 96 girls) completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) 1-5 (T.M. Achenbach & L.A. Rescorla, 2000; Finnish translation by F. Almqvist, ). Correspondence (intraclass correlation coefficients; ICCs) between the maternal and paternal CBCL ratings was good (.64) for the Internalizing and excellent (.76) for the Externalizing and Total Problems scores whereas ICCs varied from .45 for the Withdrawn to .76 for the Sleep Problems and Aggressive Behavior syndrome scores. Regarding discrepancies, mothers consistently reported higher CBCL scale scores than did fathers. Most significant differences between the parental ratings were found on the Aggressive Behavior syndrome, Externalizing, and Total Problems scales. Interparental rating discrepancies increased with elevations in the corresponding CBCL scale scores. Positive correlations were found between maternal, but not paternal, parenting stress and interparental rating discrepancies on the CBCL. The observed differences between maternal and paternal ratings highlight the importance of gathering reports from both parents when assessing early SEB problems. The findings are more profoundly discussed in the article.

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Section: Rationale and Aims Of The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Rationale and Aims Of The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rationale and Aims Of The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rationale and Aims Of The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Parental Reports of Early Socioemotional and Behavioral Problems: Does the Father's View Make a Difference?

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Bloigu

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Do child healthcare professionals and parents recognize social-emotional and behavioral problems in 1-year-old infants?

Alakortes

Kovaniemi

Carter

et al. 2016

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Growing evidence supports the existence of clinically significant social-emotional/behavioral (SEB) problems among as young as 1-year-old infants. However, a substantial proportion of early SEB problems remain unidentified during contacts with child healthcare professionals. In this study, child healthcare nurse (CHCN; N = 1008) and parental (N = 518) reports about SEB worries were gathered, along with the maternal and paternal Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) ratings, for 12-month-old infants randomly recruited through Finnish child health centers. Only 1.4-1.8 % of CHCNs, 3.9 % of mothers, and 3.2 % of fathers reported of being worried about the assessed child's SEB development. When the CHCNs' and parental reports were combined, 7.7 % (33/428) of the infants assessed each by all three adults had one (7.0 %), two (0.7 %) or three (0 %) worry reports. Even the combination of the CHCN's and parental worry reports identified only 7.0-13.8 % of the infants with the maternal and/or paternal BITSEA Problem or Competence rating in the of-concern range. Identified associations across the three informants' worry reports, parental BITSEA ratings and sociodemographic factors are discussed in the paper. Routine and frequent use of developmentally appropriate screening measures, such as the BITSEA, might enhance identification and intervening of early SEB problems in preventive child healthcare by guiding both professionals and parents to pay more attention to substantial aspects of young children's SEB development and encouraging them to discuss possible problems and worries.

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Mother–Infant Interaction and Maternal Postnatal Psychological Distress Associate with Child’s Social-Emotional Development During Early Childhood: A FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study

Lahtela,

Flykt,

Nolvi

et al. 2024

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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We studied the effects of mother–infant interaction and maternal pre- and postnatal psychological distress on children’s social-emotional problems and competences, as well as whether interaction quality moderates the association between distress and children’s outcomes. Maternal pre- and postnatal psychological distress were measured using the SCL and EPDS questionnaires, whereas mother–infant interaction was measured when the child was 8 months old using the EA Scales. Children’s social-emotional development was measured using the BITSEA questionnaire at 2 years old and using the SDQ questionnaire at 4 years old, where higher maternal structuring was associated with fewer social-emotional problems in children and higher maternal sensitivity was associated with greater social-emotional competence in children at 2 years old. Further, higher postnatal distress was found associated with greater social-emotional problems at 2 years old, though neither these effects nor moderating effects at 4 years old were observed after multiple-comparison corrections. Our findings support direct associations of both mother–infant interaction and maternal postnatal psychological distress with children’s social-emotional development during toddlerhood.

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Finnish mothers’ and fathers’ reports of their boys and girls by using the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)

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Parental Reports of Early Socioemotional and Behavioral Problems: Does the Father's View Make a Difference?

Parental Reports of Early Socioemotional and Behavioral Problems: Does the Father's View Make a Difference?

Do child healthcare professionals and parents recognize social-emotional and behavioral problems in 1-year-old infants?

Mother–Infant Interaction and Maternal Postnatal Psychological Distress Associate with Child’s Social-Emotional Development During Early Childhood: A FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study

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