Social and Emotional Development in Infancy

Easterbrooks, M. Ann; Bartlett, Jessica Dym; Thompson, Ross A.

doi:10.1002/9781118133880.hop206004

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“…Both pregnant and postpartum women worried about the potential effects of COVID on “Infant Development,” reporting concern about infants not meeting developmental milestones due to a lack of social interaction. There is a well‐established link between early social interaction and the development of social skills, language acquisition (Hoff, 2006; Ramírez‐Esparza et al, 2017), executive and cognitive functioning (Kington et al, 2013; Moriguchi, 2014), and the development of emotional expression and regulation skills (Easterbrooks et al, 2013; Keller & Otto, 2009; Kington et al, 2013). Although the potential long‐term effects of COVID on early childhood development are still unknown, it is understandable that this would lead to worry for all mothers, especially for those women who are prone to anxiety.…”

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Characterizing worry content and impact in pregnant and postpartum women with anxiety disorders during COVID‐19

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et al. 2022

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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The novel COVID pandemic has had a substantial impact on global mental health, including those populations that are inherently vulnerable such as pregnant and postpartum (perinatal) women. Anxiety disorders (ADs) are the most common mental health disorders during the perinatal period, affecting up to one in five women. However, since the onset of the pandemic, up to 60% of perinatal women are experiencing moderate to severe levels of anxiety. Given the substantial increase in perinatal anxiety during COVID, we sought to better understand its phenomenology by characterizing the collective worry content and impact of COVID using a content analysis. Eighty‐four treatment‐seeking pregnant (n = 35) and postpartum (n = 49) women with a principal AD, participated in this study between April and October 2020. In addition to completing questionnaire measures and a semistructured diagnostic interview, participants were asked to (1) describe their top excessive and uncontrollable worries, (2) describe additional COVID and non‐COVID worries, and (3) describe how the pandemic had affected their lives. All responses were given verbally and transcribed verbatim by assessors. A content analysis led to the emergence of various COVID and non‐COVID worry and impact themes. One third of participant's principal worries were specific to COVID, and 40% of COVID worries were specific to the perinatal context. Understanding the worry content and impact of COVID may improve symptom detection and inform the development of targeted treatment strategies to support the mental health needs of perinatal women with ADs throughout the pandemic and thereafter. Understanding pandemic‐specific worries is important for perinatal symptom screening and may allow for the development of targeted treatment strategies to address COVID‐specific worries and impact.

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Characterizing worry content and impact in pregnant and postpartum women with anxiety disorders during COVID‐19

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Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…For example, infants and toddlers have considerably higher rates of child abuse and neglect (Dunn et al, 2017;USDHHS, 2020), placement in foster care (Williams & Sepulveda, 2019), domestic violence (Fantuzzo & Fusco, 2007), and unintentional injuries (Grossman, 2000) compared with older children. Because very young children cannot survive without their caregivers (Easterbrooks, Bartlett, Beeghly, & Thompson, 2012;Tobach & Schnierla, 1968) and traumatized youngsters often have parents with histories of trauma who need support to care for their children (Chu & Lieberman, 2010), assessment of the parentchild relationship is critical to determining a family's service needs (Jones Harden, 2015; Larrieu & Bellow, 2004).…”

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Screening for Childhood Adversity: Contemporary Challenges and Recommendations

Bartlett

2020

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Childhood adversity is prevalent in the USA, affecting at least half of all children and youth. Growing awareness of its prevalence and harmful effects on individual health and development over the lifespan has prompted considerable interest among policymakers, program leaders, and other stakeholders in screening individual children for adversity as a first step in preventing and mitigating its negative effects. Given the vulnerability of this population, concerted efforts first should be made to ensure screening for adversity is beneficial to children and minimizes potential harm. Of particular concern is widespread use of screening tools that define adversity narrowly, failing to account for social and structural inequities (e.g., poverty, discrimination, forcible separation from a parent) or to take a child's trauma symptoms, overall development, strengths, and culture into account. Furthermore, screening in the absence of a system for referral and treatment risks being ineffective, and even harmful, to children and their families. This paper reviews major challenges related to developing and selecting tools to screen for childhood adversity, and offers recommendations for a comprehensive, strengths-based, trauma-informed screening approach that incorporates sensitivity to a child's development, environment, and culture.

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“…Attachment relationships, an essential feature of socio-emotional development in infancy, are impacted by the emotional lives of caregivers and infants [ 25 , 26 ]. Maternal physical and mental health have a significant impact on the in utero environment and, thus, on fetal development and the health of the child later in life [ 27 ].…”

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Early Life Predictors of Socio-Emotional Development in a Sample of Egyptian Infants

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IntroductionEmotional problems are amongst the most critical concerns to be intentionally handled to enhance the wellbeing and development of children.ObjectiveTo determine the predictors of socio-emotional development of Egyptian infants related to infant feeding practices, aspects of infant and maternal health and socioeconomic status.Subjects and MethodsA cross-sectional comparative study included 322 breast fed, 240 bottle fed and 93 mixed fed infants, from 6–24 months of age, who were enrolled in the Well–Baby Clinic of the National Research Centre and from pediatric outpatient facilities in urban Cairo. Assessment of socio-emotional development was performed using Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley III). Detailed maternal and infant history was recorded. Levels of serum zinc, copper, iron, vitamin B12 and complete blood count (CBC) were assessed in a subsample of 193 infants.ResultsThe risk of having below average socio-emotional composite score was nearly two and half times among formula-fed infants than among breast-fed infants. By binary logistical regression analysis, predictors of below average socio-emotional score were a lower serum zinc value, being formula fed during the first half-year and introduction of complementary food before the age of six months (p< 0.05).ConclusionExclusive breastfeeding and to a lesser extent mixed feeding during the first half year is correlated with above average socio-emotional development. Maternal education and zinc status were also determinants of better infant mental health. Our endeavors ought to be directed towards integrated interventions addressing multiple risks to children’s development.

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Social and Emotional Development in Infancy

Cited by 8 publications

References 162 publications

Characterizing worry content and impact in pregnant and postpartum women with anxiety disorders during COVID‐19

Characterizing worry content and impact in pregnant and postpartum women with anxiety disorders during COVID‐19

Screening for Childhood Adversity: Contemporary Challenges and Recommendations

Early Life Predictors of Socio-Emotional Development in a Sample of Egyptian Infants

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