Long-term sequelae of mothers’ and fathers’ mind-mindedness in infancy: A developmental path to children’s attachment at age 10.

Miller, Jane; Kim, Sanghag; Boldt, Lea J.; Goffin, Kathryn C.; Kochanska, Grazyna

doi:10.1037/dev0000660

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“…Imitation is an important feature of human development because it is through imitation that we develop social cognition, which enables us to understand another’s thoughts and feelings and share our conscious experiences with one another. During development, early social interactions between mothers and infants help shape later socioemotional functions (Prochazkova and Kret, 2017 ; Miller et al, 2019 ). For example, during language acquisition in infants, mothers often speak in exaggerated tones and facial expressions to emphasize the sounds and movements of novel words, a behavioral phenomenon known as motherese (Nelson et al, 1989 ; Falk, 2004 ).…”

Section: Evolutionary Purpose Of Dance: Driving Interpersonal Coordinmentioning

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Dance on the Brain: Enhancing Intra- and Inter-Brain Synchrony

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Satyal

Rugh

2021

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Dance has traditionally been viewed from a Eurocentric perspective as a mode of self-expression that involves the human body moving through space, performed for the purposes of art, and viewed by an audience. In this Hypothesis and Theory article, we synthesize findings from anthropology, sociology, psychology, dance pedagogy, and neuroscience to propose The Synchronicity Hypothesis of Dance, which states that humans dance to enhance both intra- and inter-brain synchrony. We outline a neurocentric definition of dance, which suggests that dance involves neurobehavioral processes in seven distinct areas including sensory, motor, cognitive, social, emotional, rhythmic, and creative. We explore The Synchronicity Hypothesis of Dance through several avenues. First, we examine evolutionary theories of dance, which suggest that dance drives interpersonal coordination. Second, we examine fundamental movement patterns, which emerge throughout development and are omnipresent across cultures of the world. Third, we examine how each of the seven neurobehaviors increases intra- and inter-brain synchrony. Fourth, we examine the neuroimaging literature on dance to identify the brain regions most involved in and affected by dance. The findings presented here support our hypothesis that we engage in dance for the purpose of intrinsic reward, which as a result of dance-induced increases in neural synchrony, leads to enhanced interpersonal coordination. This hypothesis suggests that dance may be helpful to repattern oscillatory activity, leading to clinical improvements in autism spectrum disorder and other disorders with oscillatory activity impairments. Finally, we offer suggestions for future directions and discuss the idea that our consciousness can be redefined not just as an individual process but as a shared experience that we can positively influence by dancing together.

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Section: Evolutionary Purpose Of Dance: Driving Interpersonal Coordinmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dance on the Brain: Enhancing Intra- and Inter-Brain Synchrony

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Satyal

Rugh

2021

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…For instance, maternal use of appropriate mindrelated comments while playing with their infant was longitudinally related to secure attachment, whereas inappropriate, nonattuned mind-related comments were not (Arnott & Meins, 2007;Meins et al, 2012). Similarly, Miller, Kim, Boldt, Goffin, and Kochanska (2019) demonstrated that appropriate MMM (and not nonattuned MMM) was longitudinally related to attachment security in middle childhood. In addition, these authors reported that the relation between appropriate MMM and secure child attachment in mothers was mediated by maternal responsiveness and infant attachment security, while in fathers mediation was only found for infant security.…”

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The Mediating Role of Parental Reflective Functioning in Child Social–emotional Development

2020

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Parental attachment and parental reflective functioning (PRF) have been shown to be related to attachment, mentalizing capacities, and psychopathology in children. Studies also suggest that parental insecure attachment is related to lower levels of PRF. However, no study has directly investigated whether PRF dimensions mediate the relationship between parental attachment dimensions and features of social-emotional development other than attachment, mentalizing, and psychopathology. We prospectively investigated whether PRF mediates the relationship between parental attachment dimensions (i.e., levels of attachment avoidance and anxiety) and socialemotional competences and problems, using data from a 1-year longitudinal study of first-time parents and their biological children (N = 106). We found that low PRF as assessed with the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire at one-year follow-up, was an intervening variable in the relationship between parental attachment dimensions at time 1 and child social-emotional development at time 2. In particular, maternal attachment avoidance and paternal attachment anxiety were indirectly related to child competences and problems through high levels of prementalizing modes (i.e., attributing malevolent mental states to the child and an inability to enter the child's internal world). Additionally, in mothers only, there was a partial mediation effect of PM in the relation between attachment anxiety and child competences.

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“…Meins et al (2001) define mindmindedness as "the mother's proclivity to treat her infant as an individual with a mind, rather than merely as a creature with needs that must be satisfied" (p. 638) [70]. A substantial body of research has demonstrated positive associations between parental mind-mindedness and child attachment [71][72][73], emotion regulation [74], and executive functioning [75,76], as well as maternal responsive feeding behaviors [77]. Given its import to multiple domains of child development, it seems judicious to test the extent to which different intervention approaches impact both mind-mindedness and weight status.…”

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Home-based intervention for non-Hispanic black families finds no significant difference in infant size or growth: results from the Mothers & Others randomized controlled trial

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Background: Non-Hispanic black (NHB) infants are twice as likely as non-Hispanic white infants to experience rapid weight gain in the first 6 months, yet few trials have targeted this population. The current study tests the efficacy of "Mothers & Others," a home-based intervention for NHB women and their study partners versus an attentioncontrol, on infant size and growth between birth and 15 months. Methods: Mothers & Others was a two-group randomized controlled trial conducted between November 2013 and December 2017 with enrollment at 28-weeks pregnancy and follow-up at 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, and 15-months postpartum. Eligible women self-identified as NHB, English-speaking, and 18-39 years. The obesity prevention group (OPG) received anticipatory guidance (AG) on responsive feeding and care practices and identified a study partner, who was encouraged to attend home visits. The injury prevention group (IPG) received AG on child safety and IPG partners only completed study assessments. The primary delivery channel for both groups was six home visits by a peer educator (PE). The planned primary outcome was mean weight-for-length z-score. Given significant differences between groups in length-forage z-scores, infant weight-forage z-score (WAZ) was used in the current study. A linear mixed model, using an Intent-To-Treat (ITT) data set, tested differences in WAZ trajectories between the two treatment groups. A non-ITT mixed model tested for differences by dose received.

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Long-term sequelae of mothers’ and fathers’ mind-mindedness in infancy: A developmental path to children’s attachment at age 10.

Abstract: Long-term sequelae of mothers' and fathers' mind-mindedness in infancy: A developmental path to children's attachment at age 10. Developmental Psychology, 55(4), 675-686.

Cited by 44 publications

References 65 publications

Dance on the Brain: Enhancing Intra- and Inter-Brain Synchrony

Dance on the Brain: Enhancing Intra- and Inter-Brain Synchrony

The Mediating Role of Parental Reflective Functioning in Child Social–emotional Development

Home-based intervention for non-Hispanic black families finds no significant difference in infant size or growth: results from the Mothers & Others randomized controlled trial

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