Mental State Language Development: The Longitudinal Roles of Attachment and Maternal Language

Razuri, Erin Becker; Howard, Amanda; Purvis, Karyn B.; Cross, David

doi:10.1002/imhj.21638

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“…By contrast, in previous studies MST was investigated during different tasks [e.g. a picture-viewing session (Taumoepeau & Ruffman, 2008;Perkins, 2011) or a block-building activity (Becker Razuri et al, 2017)], and -most importantly -in such contexts parental MST frequently contained comments on the parents' own and their children's mental states, not the states of others, i.e. those of the characters in the story.…”

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“…Since the number of fathers within the sample was very limited, it was impossible to explore gender differences in parental MST. Similarly, in most previous longitudinal studies, only maternal MST was examined (Becker Razuri et al, 2017;Perkins, 2011;Taumoepeau & Ruffman, 2006, 2008. Due to the fact that a partnership model of childcare is becoming increasingly common (e.g.…”

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“…1 The results of previous longitudinal studies are in line with our prediction. Firstly, the frequency of parental affective talk is relatively stable in narration directed to children who are tested from the age of 15 to 33 months (Brown & Dunn, 1991;Taumoepeau & Ruffman, 2008;Perkins, 2011; but for a more complex developmental pattern see: Becker Razuri, Hiles Howard, Purvis, & Cross, 2017). Secondly, the term "want" is more common than "think" and "know" in parental narration to children from 16 to 52 months (Becker Razuri et al, 2017).…”

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How Do Parents Use Mental State Language During Narration To Their 2- and 4-Year-Old Children?

Jakubowska

Szpak

Białecka‐Pikul

2018

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Parents influence the development of children’s social understanding by using mental state terms that denote concepts which children are about to develop (Taumoepeau & Ruffman, 2006, 2008) or via the usage of contrastive and/or causal mental state talk (Peterson & Slaughter, 2003). The present longitudinal study examined parent-child dyads and assessed parental mental state talk (MST) during picture-book narration. Seventy-four parents told their children a story twice, when the children were 2 and 4 years old. The same wordless picture book was used to elicit the narration at each time point. Two criteria were used to classify MST: type of utterance (affective, perceptual, or cognitive) and complexity of utterance (simple or clarifying). Parental MST was more frequent in narrations to 4-yearolds than to 2-year-olds. Parents directed more complex MST to 4-year-old children than to 2-year-olds. Affective references were most common at both time points, while cognitive utterances hardly occurred. Nevertheless, growing trends were observed in all types of MST. The results suggest that parents match their MST to the children’s level of social understanding development.

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How Do Parents Use Mental State Language During Narration To Their 2- and 4-Year-Old Children?

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Białecka‐Pikul

2018

Psychology of Language and Communication

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“…There is good evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal research in children and adolescents to suggest that secure attachment in children is associated with higher levels of child mentalizing. Secure attachment in children appears to support both cognitive and affective mentalizing (e.g., Becker Razuri et al, 2017;Claussen et al, 2002;Kobak et al, 2017;Kokkinos et al, 2016;McQuaid et al, 2008;Meins et al, 2008;Troyer & Greitemeyer, 2018;Zaccagnino et al, 2015). Insecure attachment contexts may undermine the development of this integrated functioning of the attachment and mentalizing systems, impairing the capacity for flexible social learning and communication.…”

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Alliance rupture and repair in mentalization-based therapy.

Fonagy¹,

Campbell²,

Luyten³

2023

Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy: A Critical Process for Change.

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Mentalizing, or reflective functioning, refers to our capacity to see ourselves from the outside and others from the inside. Mentalizing fundamentally implies that we are able to understand ourselves and others in terms of intentional mental states, such as feelings, thoughts, wishes, and beliefs. One of the defining ideas of mentalizing theory is that mental states are opaque-that is, the process of thinking about the thoughts, feelings, ideas, or beliefs that underpin someone else's behavior is an imaginative one, something that cannot be known with any certainty. Hence, we can never know for sure what someone else is thinking or feeling. Mentalizing theory also suggests that although we might have better access to understanding our own mental states, we are still subject to being taken surprise by our own minds. Given this backdrop of uncertainty about what thoughts and feelings motivate both others and ourselves, the idea of making mistakes in our mentalizing-that is, the possibility of misunderstanding, and that these instances of misunderstanding might lead to ruptures in relationships-is a constant human reality. Mentalization-based therapy (MBT) sees moments

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“…Sie sind aber durch Verbesserungen in den Lebensbedingungen oder konkrete Unterstützungsangebote durchaus veränderbar[3]. ser benennen zu können[2]. Angesichts dieser Ergebnisse kann man einen sicheren Bindungsstil als Schutzfaktor für die weitere Entwicklung verstehen.…”

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