Infants' meaning-making and the development of mental health problems.

Tronick, Ed; Beeghly, Marjorie

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“…Children need their parents to co-construct and give emotional meaning to experiences (Tronick & Beeghly, 2011). By reminiscing past events, parents help their children to understand themselves emotionally and the world surrounding them (Fivush, 2007).…”

Section: Parent-child Emotion Dialoguesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mother–child emotion dialogues in families exposed to interparental violence

Visser

Overbeek

Schipper

et al. 2016

Journal of Child Custody

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This cross-sectional study examined the hypothesis that parentchild emotion dialogues among interparental violence (IPV) exposed dyads (n ¼ 30; 4-12 years) show less quality than dialogues among nonexposed dyads (n ¼ 30; 4-12 years). Second, we examined whether parental posttraumatic stress symptoms and parental adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were associated with the quality of the dialogues. As expected, in the IPV-exposed group, quality of mother-child emotion dialogues was of lesser quality; dyads often showed a lack of elaboration in their dialogue; mothers showed less sensitive guidance; and children showed less cooperation and exploration, compared to dialogues, dyads, mothers, and children in the nonexposed group. Although maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms and maternal history of ACEs were significantly higher in the IPV-exposed families than in the nonexposed families, these variables were not associated with the quality of emotion dialogues. Clinical implications and study limitations are discussed. KEYWORDSChild maltreatment; domestic violence; parent-child emotion dialogues; parent-child relationship; parental posttraumatic stress Exposure to interparental violence (IPV) has considerable direct effects on children. Children exposed to IPV are at risk to develop posttraumatic stress symptoms, internalizing and externalizing behavior problems (Evans, Davies, & DiLillo, 2008;Kitzmann, Gaylord, Holt, & Kenny, 2003). An important protective factor for children in the aftermath of IPV exposure is the parentchild relation (Afifi & MacMillan, 2011). For children to process difficult and even traumatic life events, it is important to form a coherent narrative of the events (Cohen, Mannarino, & Murray, 2011). Parent-child relations in which children feel safe to give meaning to the traumatic events may enhance their recovery (Fivush, 2007). Especially in IPV-exposed families talking about the traumatic events may be a problem because IPV affects the family system as a whole. Therefore, parents as well are at risk for posttraumatic stress symptoms, and other forms of psychopathology (Campbell, Kub, Belknap, & Templin, 1997;Cascardi, O'Leary, & Schlee, 1999). This vulnerability, in turn, may negatively affect parenting and the parent-child relationship (Levendosky, Huth-Bocks, Shapiro, & Semel, 2003), and thus, the impaired parent-child relation may impede children's narrative formation.Although there has been a concerted research effort to determine the direct and indirect effects of IPV on children's functioning (Buehler & Gerard, 2002;Davies, Winter, & Cicchetti, 2006;Hungerford, Wait, Fritz, & Clements, 2012), a minimal amount is known regarding the capacity of IPV-exposed parent-child dyads to talk about emotions and to compose coherent narratives about emotional events in children's lives. In the present study, we compare emotion dialogues in parent-child dyads between IPV-exposed and nonexposed families. Additionally, we examine the role of parental posttraumatic stress and parents' own ...

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Section: Parent-child Emotion Dialoguesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mother–child emotion dialogues in families exposed to interparental violence

Visser

Overbeek

Schipper

et al. 2016

Journal of Child Custody

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“…Thus, a system of mutual regulation is created which can be distinguished by mutual interactive regulatory processes involving coordination of mother-infant emotion states (matches) alternating with noncoordination of emotion states (mismatches). During normal interaction, mother-infant communication appears to be characterized by processes of matching/mismatching/disruption/repair in which the mother and the infant, after failing to share their actions and intentions, effect successful repair, leading to the emergence of new matched states [25,26,27]. These methods of mutual regulation form the basis of future attachment patterns and determine the quality of secure versus insecure attachment [28,29].…”

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confidence: 99%

Mother-Infant Emotion Regulation at Three Months: The Role of Maternal Anxiety, Depression and Parenting Stress

Crugnola

Ierardi²,

Ferro³

et al. 2016

Psychopathology

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Background: While the association between anxiety and postpartum depression is well known, few studies have investigated the relationship between these two states and parenting stress. Furthermore, a number of studies have found that postpartum depression affects mother-infant emotion regulation, but there has been only one study on anxiety and emotion regulation and no studies at all on parenting stress and emotion regulation. Therefore, the primary aim of our study is to identify, in a community sample of 71 mothers, the relationship between maternal depression, anxiety, and parenting stress. The second aim is to examine the relationship between anxiety, postpartum depression, and parenting stress and mother-infant emotion regulation assessed at 3 months. Methods: Mother-infant interaction was coded with a modified version of the Infant Caregiver and Engagement Phases (ICEP) using a microanalytic approach. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) were administered to the mothers to assess depression, anxiety, and parenting stress, respectively. Results: Analysis revealed correlations between anxiety and depression, showing that parenting stress is associated with both states. In a laboratory observation, depression was correlated with both negative maternal states and negative dyadic matches as well as infant positive/mother negative mismatches; anxiety was correlated with both negative maternal states and infant negative states as well as mismatches involving one of the partners having a negative state. Multiple regression analysis showed that anxiety is a greater predictor than depression of less adequate styles of mother-infant emotion regulation. Parenting stress was not shown to predict such regulation.

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“…In addition, children with psychiatric disorders were more likely to have temperamental difficulties and their parents showed a higher level of psychopathology than those without disorders which supports the relationship between parent and child as well as temperament on child psychopathology [22]. Dysregulated behavior early in life can also have a profound impact on the child's ability to form secure and lasting attachments with significant persons in their life [23][24][25].…”

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confidence: 92%

Problems of Self-Regulation in Children: A Longitudinal Case Study of a Child from Infancy to Adulthood

DeGangi¹

2017

JPCPY

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Infants and children with problems of self-regulation are commonly seen in clinical practice. These are children with persistent problems in self-calming, mood regulation, feeding, sleep, and sensory hypersensitivities. The different types of regulatory disorders have been proposed to include children with hypersensitivities: fearful/cautious or negative and defiant type; under-reactive; and motorically disorganized. Preliminary studies conducted on infants and young children with moderate regulatory disorders suggest that most of these children have hypersensitivities and motor disorganization. They are also at risk for emotional and developmental disabilities as they develop over time. To date few studies have validated the different types of regulatory disorders and their impact on mental health and overall development. This paper reviews problems of self-regulation, the different types of regulatory disorders, and presents a detailed case of a child with the hypersensitive type of regulatory disorder spanning the course of infancy through early adulthood. The case description helps to provide validation of the proposed classification of the hypersensitive type of regulatory disorder, and also presents longitudinal data to support the evolution of symptoms in a child with moderate regulatory disorder from infancy to adulthood. Keywords: Regulatory disorders; Children; Mood dysregulationCitation: DeGangi GA (2017) Problems of Self-Regulation in Children: A Longitudinal Case Study of a Child from Infancy to Adulthood. J Psychol Clin Psychiatry 7(2): 00428.

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Infants' meaning-making and the development of mental health problems.

Cited by 293 publications

References 95 publications

Mother–child emotion dialogues in families exposed to interparental violence

Mother–child emotion dialogues in families exposed to interparental violence

Mother-Infant Emotion Regulation at Three Months: The Role of Maternal Anxiety, Depression and Parenting Stress

Problems of Self-Regulation in Children: A Longitudinal Case Study of a Child from Infancy to Adulthood

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