Mind-Mindedness in New Mothers and Fathers: Stability and Discontinuity from Pregnancy to Toddlerhood

Autor/inn/en	Foley, Sarah; Devine, Rory T.; Hughes, Claire
Titel	Mind-Mindedness in New Mothers and Fathers: Stability and Discontinuity from Pregnancy to Toddlerhood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 59 (2023) 1, S.128-140 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Metacognition; Mothers; Fathers; Infants; Toddlers; Pregnancy; Individual Characteristics; Gender Differences; Correlation; Socioeconomic Status; Foreign Countries; Personality Traits; Mental Health; Child Rearing; Parent Responsibility; United Kingdom (England); Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; State Trait Anxiety Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Mother; Mutter; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Schwangerschaft; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Ausland; Individual characteristics; Psychohygiene; Kindererziehung
Abstract	This study examined the development of caregiver mind-mindedness--defined as the propensity to see one's child as an agent with an independent mind--across the first 1,000 days of life. At four timepoints (i.e., third trimester of pregnancy, 4, 14, and 24 months postpartum), 384 first-time mothers (M[subscript age] = 32.55, SD = 3.63 years) and fathers (M[subscript age] = 33.96, SD = 4.40 years) gave 5-minute speech samples about their infant that were coded for mind-mindedness (Meins & Fernyhough, 2015). Reflecting the local population, the 192 heterosexual couples were highly educated (84.6% of mothers, 77.1% of fathers had a degree) and ethnically homogenous (92.7% of mothers, 94.8% of fathers identified as White British). Results showed significant variability in mind mindedness within both expectant mothers and expectant fathers, with no mean group difference. Auto-regressive models demonstrated modest positive associations between prenatal and postnatal mind-mindedness. Latent change score models showed gains in mean mind-mindedness over time that, on average, were stronger for mothers than for fathers. For fathers, gains in mind-mindedness were positively associated with having an infant daughter and infant surgency. For mothers, higher socioeconomic status and more equal childcare were associated with greater gains in mind-mindedness across toddlerhood. Within-couple associations were evident for changes in mind-mindedness, but not for initial (prenatal) scores. We apply the relational account of mind-mindedness to frame our discussion of these findings that, by highlighting both developmental stability and change in mind-mindedness, suggest fruitful avenues for future research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01