Birth, breastfeeding, psychological flexibility and self-compassion as predictors of mother-infant emotional availability in a cross-sectional study.
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DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21935
Abstract: This study aimed to examine relationships between objective childbirth and breastfeeding events, subjective childbirth and breastfeeding experiences, and emotional availability in the mother-infant relationship. Further, it aimed to test two psychological variables, psychological flexibility and… read more here.
Keywords: availability; psychological flexibility; emotional availability; self compassion ... See more keywords
Are emotionally competent adults emotionally available parents? Examination of theoretical and empirical relationships in a video-recorded parent-child interaction clinical preschool-aged sample.
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DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23510
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Emotional competence (EC) describes one's general ability to perceive, express, process, and regulate their own emotions as well as those of others. In the clinical context of parent-child interactions, the specific ability to perceive,… read more here.
Keywords: preschool aged; theoretical empirical; child; emotional availability ... See more keywords
Predicting mother and child emotional availability in Singaporean bilingual English and Mandarin dyads: A multilevel approach to the specificity principle
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DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101241
Abstract: Abstract When interacting with one another, bilingual caregivers and their young bilingual children can switch from one language to another to convey emotion and information in meaningful ways. The Specificity Principle (Bornstein, 2017) states that… read more here.
Keywords: emotional availability; specificity principle; availability; mother child ... See more keywords
A psychometric study of the Emotional Availability Scales: Construct validity and measurement invariance between depressed and nondepressed mother-infant dyads.
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DOI: 10.1037/pas0001067
Abstract: The Emotional Availability Scales (EAS) are the most widely reported observational assessment measure of parent-child relationships and has been of particular interest in understanding differences between samples of depressed and nondepressed mothers and their offspring.… read more here.
Keywords: invariance; emotional availability; availability scales; measurement invariance ... See more keywords
Improving emotional availability in Australian mother-toddler dyads via the Tuning in to Toddlers parenting program
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-80827-y
Abstract: This study examined whether an emotion socialisation parenting program, Tuning in to Toddlers (TOTS), contributed to observed improvements in mother-toddler emotional availability. Parents of toddlers aged 18–36 months were recruited through childcare centres and maternal… read more here.
Keywords: tuning toddlers; parenting program; mother toddler; emotional availability ... See more keywords
Behavioural problems and playfulness of young children with ASD: the moderating role of a teacher’s emotional availability
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DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1447934
Abstract: ABSTRACT Play and playfulness have a key role in children’s development. Not enough is known about the playfulness of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its relationship to children’s behavioural problems, as well as… read more here.
Keywords: emotional availability; behavioural problems; role; problems playfulness ... See more keywords
Impact of pedagogical intervention on early childhood professionals’ emotional availability to children with different temperament characteristics
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DOI: 10.1080/1350293x.2021.1895264
Abstract: ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of pedagogical intervention on early childhood education professionals’ emotional availability to children with different temperament characteristics. Participants were 136 children (intervention group = 87; control group = 49)… read more here.
Keywords: emotional availability; professionals emotional; intervention; early childhood ... See more keywords
Parent‐child interactions and children with cerebral palsy: An exploratory study investigating emotional availability, functional ability, and parent distress
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DOI: 10.1111/cch.12493
Abstract: BACKGROUND Emotionally available parent-child relationships are supportive of child health and development. When a child has cerebral palsy, a range of child and parent factors can potentially impact the parent-child relationship; however, little research has… read more here.
Keywords: parent child; cerebral palsy; emotional availability; parent ... See more keywords
Maternal cognition talk in the mother-toddler dyad mediates the influence of early maternal emotional availability on preschoolers' belief reasoning
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DOI: 10.1111/sode.12301
Abstract: The present longitudinal study of 83 mother-child dyads (40 girls) assessed how emotional availability (EA) and maternal mental state language (MSL) are related to children's first- and second-order false belief understanding (FBU). EA was measured… read more here.
Keywords: mother; maternal cognition; order; emotional availability ... See more keywords
Emotional availability in dyads of nursing aide - resident with dementia: Old tool, new perspective
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DOI: 10.1177/14713012211065396
Abstract: Objectives This study examined the emotional availability of nursing aide-resident with dementia dyads in a long-term care-facility. Emotional availability refers to the nursing aide’s sensitivity toward the resident, structuring their interactions in a non-intrusive and… read more here.
Keywords: nursing aides; resident; availability; emotional availability ... See more keywords
Emotional Availability in Autism Intervention: A Mother–Father Comparative Analysis
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DOI: 10.3390/brainsci15020133
Abstract: Background/Objectives: The literature highlights the importance of parental involvement in autism treatment. However, much research has predominantly focused on child outcomes and cognitive dimensions. This study explores the impact of an early intensive intervention with… read more here.
Keywords: child; mother; emotional availability; intervention ... See more keywords