Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Mind-mindedness in mothers of infants with excessive crying/sleeping/eating disorders
Originally published 2024-05-23 · Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/frcha.2024.1331016 ↗
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How do caregivers interpret a baby's signals when everyday settling or feeding is difficult?
The work examines mothers' references to infant mental states in a clinical situation where signals can be challenging to interpret.
Who was studied?
Mothers and infants seen in a German social-pediatric clinic for crying, sleeping or eating difficulties
Age / stage: Infancy
Read with three questions
- How do caregivers interpret a baby's signals when everyday settling or feeding is difficult?
- Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
- Which features of the study population (mothers and infants seen in a German social-pediatric clinic for crying, sleeping or eating difficulties) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
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These 44 mother-infant pairs were already receiving care for excessive crying, sleeping or eating difficulties. Patterns in a referral sample may differ from those in the community.
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Maria Licata-Dandel; Susanne Kristen-Antonow; Sarah Marx; Volker Mall (2024). Mind-mindedness in mothers of infants with excessive crying/sleeping/eating disorders Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2024.1331016
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