Expectant mothers' not fathers' mind-mindedness predicts infant, mother, and father conversational turns at 7 months.

ABSTRACT: Parental mind-mindedness (MM), defined as the propensity to view one's child as an agent with thoughts, feelings, and desires, is associated with positive child outcomes (McMahon & Bernier, 2017) and can be assessed in expectant parents by using five-minute speech samples (Magaña et al., 1986). Individual differences in MM appear stable across the transition to parenthood (Foley et al., in press), offering an exciting intervention opportunity, as expectant mothers' thoughts and feelings about their unborn infants are associated with the quality of mother-infant interactions. To assess prenatal MM as a predictor of parent-infant conversation at 7 months, we followed 93 low-risk British heterosexual couples across the transition to parenthood. Mothers' and fathers' MM was measured both i

SUBMITTER: Foley S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9804679 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature