The Multiple Determinants of Parenting

Parental embodied mentalizing: how the nonverbal dance between parents and infants predicts children’s socio-emotional functioning

“…Perhaps the best evidence of this comes from the underappreciated observation that individuals with antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy do not exhibit significant deficits in mentalizing, even though these attributes undermine the supportiveness of care provided to the child (Belsky & Jaffee, 2006). The deficits these individuals have are related more to their lack of concern about the impact on potential victims than the inability to take a victim perspective (Decety, Chen, Harenski, & Kiehl, 2013;Dolan & Fullam, 2004), and to the limited generalizability to complex interpersonal situations (Bateman & Fonagy, 2006).…”

“…In terms of Belsky's (1984, Belsky & Jaffee, 2006 model of the determinants of parenting, mentalizing can thus be conceptualized as a characteristic of the parent that influences the quality of parenting and ultimately the child's development. Here we (1) introduce a new, nonverbal means of measuring parental mentalizing during the course of parent-infant interaction; (2) examine its association with a variety of factors conceptualized as determinants of parenting (e.g., parental education, marital status); and (3) evaluate the extent to which it predicts a variety of features of child functioning just before the transition to school, drawing on data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD Early Child Care Network, 2005).…”

The Relationship Among Caregiver Depressive Symptoms, Parenting Behavior, and Family-Centered Care

“…Parenting behaviors included routines, enrichment, punitive disciplinary behaviors, positive disciplinary strategies, and childproofing (see descriptions below). Recent literature has defined positive parenting behaviors that have been associated with optimal child health and developmental outcomes as well as negative parenting behaviors that have been associated with adverse child outcomes (Belsky & Jaffee, 2006;Belsky & Pluess, 2009;Chronis et al, 2007;de Graaf, Speetjens, Smit, de Wolff, & Tavecchio, 2008a, 2008bJuffers, Bakersmans-Kraneburg, & Van Ijzendoorn, 2008a, 2008bLandry & Smith, 2011;Landry, Smith, & Swank, 2006;Landry, Smith, Swank, & Guttentag, 2008;Matsumoto, Sofronoff, & Sanders, 2010;Morrongiello & Kiriakou, 2004;Mulvaney & Mebert, 2010;Nowak & Heinrichs, 2008;Perrin, Sheldrick, McMenamy, Henson, & Carter, 2014;Sanders, Bor, & Morawska, 2007;Shonkoff, 2010;Shonkoff, Garner, et al, 2012;Spijkers, Jansen, de Meer, & Reijneveld, 2010;Tamis-LeMonda & Baumwell, 2011;Thomas & Zimmer-Gembeck, 2007;Vanderveen, Bassler, Robertson, & Kirpalani, 2009;Wiggins, Sofronoff, & Sanders, 2009). The parenting behaviors described below fit with the current conceptualization of positive and negative parenting behavior.…”

Intergenerational Transmission of Authoritative Parenting Style: Evidence from Japan

“…As pointed out by child development psychologists, parents' attitude toward parenting styles is affected by people's childhood experiences and could be transmitted across generations (van Ijzendoorn, 1992;Belsky & Jaffee, 2006;Putallaz et al, 1998). What is the role of childhood family economic status in the mechanism of intergenerational transmission of parenting?…”

“…Many psychological studies on child development investigate the relationship between one generation's child-rearing practices and that of the next generation, and find that the character of parenting behavior could be transmitted intergenerationally (for comprehensive literature reviews, see van Ijzendoorn, 1992, Putallaz, Constanzo, Grimes, & Sherman, 1998Belsky & Jaffee, 2006). In other words, parents' own experiences in their childhood would influence their child-rearing attitude and practices.…”