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Early Child Development and Care
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Healthcare
Background: Preterm neonates show decreased HRV compared to those at full-term. We compared HRV m... more Background: Preterm neonates show decreased HRV compared to those at full-term. We compared HRV metrics between preterm and full-term neonates in transfer periods from neonate rest state to neonate–parent interaction, and vice versa. Methods: Short-term recordings of the HRV parameters (time and frequency-domain indices and non-linear measurements) of 28 premature healthy neonates were compared with the metrics of 18 full-term neonates. HRV recordings were performed at home at term-equivalent age and HRV metrics were compared between the following transfer periods: from first rest state of the neonate (TI1) to a period in which the neonate interacted with the first parent (TI2), from TI2 to a second neonate rest state (TI3), and from TI3 to a period of neonate interaction with the second parent (TI4). Results: For the whole HRV recording period, PNN50, NN50 and HF (%) was lower for preterm neonates compared to full-terms. These findings support the reduced parasympathetic activity o...
Healthcare
Background: The way postpartum parents’ COVID-19-related concerns are associated with the family ... more Background: The way postpartum parents’ COVID-19-related concerns are associated with the family environment, support resources and depressive symptoms areunder-investigated. Methods: Two hundred and forty-three new parents (132 mothers, 111 fathers) completed self-report questionnaires within an 8-week period after birth. Parental concerns for COVID-19-related life changes were assessed with the COVID-19 Questionnaire, perceived social support with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, perceived family functioning with the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales IV Package, dyadic coping behaviors with the Dyadic Coping Inventory and maternal/paternal postnatal depression with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Results: (a) Higher levels of COVID-19-related concerns about daily life were associated with lower levels of family communication, satisfaction and increased depressive symptomatology in both parents, and with lower levels of family funct...
Infant and Child Development
Following a brief introduction to the diverse views on the motives for imitation, a review of the... more Following a brief introduction to the diverse views on the motives for imitation, a review of the literature is presented covering the following topics: early theories and observations concerning the origin and development of human imitation in infancy; recent theoretical models that have emerged from experimental studies of CONTENTS Tables Figures Diagrams and Development 28 1.6. Learning, Associative Tranfers and Imitation (Guillaume, 1971) 30 1.7. Imitation in the Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky, 1978) 34 1.8. Discussion 36 CHAPTER TWO RECENT THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF INFANT IMITATION 2.6. Individual Differences in Neonatal Imitation (Heimann and Schaller, 1985) 2.7. The Intersubjective Nature of Imitation (Kugiumutzakis, 1985) 56 2.8. Further Developments in Imitation 59 2.9. Discussion 59 2.9.1. Theories and Interpretations 60 2.9.2. Methodological Variations 64 54 CHAPTER THREE RECENT THEORIES AND NATURALISTIC STUDIES OF EARLY HUMAN IMITATION IN INFANT-MOTHER COMMUNICATION 70 Introduction 70
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Frontiers in Pediatrics
This review aims to discuss the factors that may affect maternal mental health and infant develop... more This review aims to discuss the factors that may affect maternal mental health and infant development in COVID-19 pandemic condition. Toward this direction, the two objectives of this review are the following: (a) to discuss possible factors that may have affected negatively perinatal mental health through the pandemic-related restrictions; and (b) to present the implications of adversely affected maternal emotional wellbeing on infant development. We conclude that the pandemic may has affected maternal mental health with possible detrimental effects for the infants of the COVID-19 generation. We highlight the need for evidence-based interventions to be integrated within the health system for prenatal and postpartum care in an effort to promote maternal mental health and infant development.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2003
This study deals with parenting from a cultural perspective. Based on Kagitcibasi's model of ... more This study deals with parenting from a cultural perspective. Based on Kagitcibasi's model of the autonomous relational self, the authors analyzed Greek urban middle-class mothers' parenting strategies and compared them with German urban middle-class mothers' parenting styles. Interactional behaviors were assessed during videotaped, free-play home observations. It was assumed that urban middle-class Greek and German mothers do not differ in their display of face-to-face context and object stimulation, both considered as sup-porting an independent agency, that Greek mothers modulate the face-to-face context more with facial warmth than do German mothers who on the other hand, modulate their face-to-face behavior more with experiences of contingency than do Greek mothers. The data confirm our assumptions with the exception of baby talk as a second indicator of facial warmth. The data are interpreted in terms of foundations of socialization pathways of urban families in inde...
While there is a well-established literature on the detrimental effects of maternal depression on... more While there is a well-established literature on the detrimental effects of maternal depression on infant-mother interaction and on infant development, the association between paternal postpartum depression and infant development has been rarely investigated. The relative newness of research on paternal postpartum depression, inconsistent research methods, lack of standardized guidelines, clinical heterogeneity and the possible gender-related differences in the expression of emotional disorders pose difficulties in the systematic investigation of the impact paternal postpartum depression has on the quality of infant-father interaction. This editorial highlights the significance of continuing research on maternal and paternal postpartum depression in the course of early infancy and: a) identifies differences in the expression of maternal and paternal behaviors that may indicate depression; b) comments on the self-report measures most commonly used for determining maternal and paternal...
We compared ‘emotional coordination’ and ‘non-matching’ in spontaneous dyadic interactions of inf... more We compared ‘emotional coordination’ and ‘non-matching’ in spontaneous dyadic interactions of infant girls and boys with their mothers in early infancy. Eleven infant-mother dyads from Crete, Greece, six with girls, and five with boys, were observed during natural interactions at home from the second to the sixth month of life. Micro-analysis was used to investigate ‘coordination’ and ‘nonmatching’ of facial expressions of emotion. ‘Emotional coordination’ was evaluated with four measures: matching of facial expressions, completion when one responded to the other with ‘pleasure’ or ‘interest’, synchrony by matching frequency of change or rhythm of emotional expressions, and attunement when shifts of emotional intensity of the two partners were in the same direction. ‘Emotional non-matching’ was coded when neither the infant nor the mother showed interest in interacting with the other. In emotional coordination or non-matching between mother and infant, who performed first was also r...
ABSTRACT Reviews the literature on the following aspects of imitation: (1) Imitative reactions, s... more ABSTRACT Reviews the literature on the following aspects of imitation: (1) Imitative reactions, sympathetic emotions and human learning; (2) What is imitated?; (3) Constitutional foundations for imitation of motives; (4) Antenatal developments; (5) Evolution of imitation by motive reflection of mirror affordances; (6) How psychological theory has failed to explain human mimesis; (7) Imitation as communication; (8) The neonate's inborn plan for matching with the bodies and actions of persons: How they behave when they imitate; (9) Imitation cycles microanalysed in communication with infants; (10) Protoconversational interaction with imitation; (11) The state of the imitative mechanism before term; (12) Developments in infant's motives to communicate, and changing imitations; (13) Imitation in different relationships, I: Fathers and mothers with infant boys and girls; (14)Varieties of companionship of infants with fathers and mothers in Cretan families; (15) Imitation in different relationships, II: Infants imitating infants; and (16) Imitating in different relationships, III: Infants and mirrors. It is concluded that infants are born ready to reciprocate in rhythmic engagements with the motives of sympathetic partners, and that imitations are made communicatively. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
JMIR Research Protocols, 2021
Background There is limited knowledge on the physiological and behavioral pathways that may affec... more Background There is limited knowledge on the physiological and behavioral pathways that may affect the developmental outcomes of preterm infants and particularly on the link between autonomic nervous system maturation and early social human behavior. Thus, this study attempts to investigate the way heart rate variability (HRV) parameters are related to emotional coordination in interactions of preterm and full-term infants with their parents in the first year of life and the possible correlation with the developmental outcomes of infants at 18 months. Objective The first objective is to investigate the relationship between emotional coordination and HRV in dyadic full-term infant–parent (group 1) and preterm infant–parent (group 2) interactions during the first postpartum year. The second objective is to examine the relationship of emotional coordination and HRV in groups 1 and 2 in the first postpartum year with the developmental outcomes of infants at 18 months. The third objectiv...
Frontiers in Psychology
The present study investigates the way infants express their emotions in relation to parental fee... more The present study investigates the way infants express their emotions in relation to parental feelings between maternal and paternal questions and direct requests. We therefore compared interpersonal engagement accompanying parental questions and direct requests between infant–mother and infant–father interactions. We video-recorded spontaneous communication between 11 infant–mother and 11 infant–father dyads—from the 2nd to the 6th month—in their home. The main results of this study are summarized as follows: (a) there are similarities in the way preverbal infants use their affections in spontaneous interactions with their mothers and fathers to express signs of sensitivity in sharing knowledge through questions and direct requests; and (b) the developmental trajectories of face-to-face emotional coordination in the course of parental questions descend in a similar way for both parents across the age range of this study. Regarding the developmental trajectories of emotional non-coo...
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Early Child Development and Care
Early Child Development and Care
Early Child Development and Care
Early Child Development and Care
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Healthcare
Background: Preterm neonates show decreased HRV compared to those at full-term. We compared HRV m... more Background: Preterm neonates show decreased HRV compared to those at full-term. We compared HRV metrics between preterm and full-term neonates in transfer periods from neonate rest state to neonate–parent interaction, and vice versa. Methods: Short-term recordings of the HRV parameters (time and frequency-domain indices and non-linear measurements) of 28 premature healthy neonates were compared with the metrics of 18 full-term neonates. HRV recordings were performed at home at term-equivalent age and HRV metrics were compared between the following transfer periods: from first rest state of the neonate (TI1) to a period in which the neonate interacted with the first parent (TI2), from TI2 to a second neonate rest state (TI3), and from TI3 to a period of neonate interaction with the second parent (TI4). Results: For the whole HRV recording period, PNN50, NN50 and HF (%) was lower for preterm neonates compared to full-terms. These findings support the reduced parasympathetic activity o...
Healthcare
Background: The way postpartum parents’ COVID-19-related concerns are associated with the family ... more Background: The way postpartum parents’ COVID-19-related concerns are associated with the family environment, support resources and depressive symptoms areunder-investigated. Methods: Two hundred and forty-three new parents (132 mothers, 111 fathers) completed self-report questionnaires within an 8-week period after birth. Parental concerns for COVID-19-related life changes were assessed with the COVID-19 Questionnaire, perceived social support with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, perceived family functioning with the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales IV Package, dyadic coping behaviors with the Dyadic Coping Inventory and maternal/paternal postnatal depression with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Results: (a) Higher levels of COVID-19-related concerns about daily life were associated with lower levels of family communication, satisfaction and increased depressive symptomatology in both parents, and with lower levels of family funct...
Infant and Child Development
Following a brief introduction to the diverse views on the motives for imitation, a review of the... more Following a brief introduction to the diverse views on the motives for imitation, a review of the literature is presented covering the following topics: early theories and observations concerning the origin and development of human imitation in infancy; recent theoretical models that have emerged from experimental studies of CONTENTS Tables Figures Diagrams and Development 28 1.6. Learning, Associative Tranfers and Imitation (Guillaume, 1971) 30 1.7. Imitation in the Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky, 1978) 34 1.8. Discussion 36 CHAPTER TWO RECENT THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF INFANT IMITATION 2.6. Individual Differences in Neonatal Imitation (Heimann and Schaller, 1985) 2.7. The Intersubjective Nature of Imitation (Kugiumutzakis, 1985) 56 2.8. Further Developments in Imitation 59 2.9. Discussion 59 2.9.1. Theories and Interpretations 60 2.9.2. Methodological Variations 64 54 CHAPTER THREE RECENT THEORIES AND NATURALISTIC STUDIES OF EARLY HUMAN IMITATION IN INFANT-MOTHER COMMUNICATION 70 Introduction 70
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Frontiers in Pediatrics
This review aims to discuss the factors that may affect maternal mental health and infant develop... more This review aims to discuss the factors that may affect maternal mental health and infant development in COVID-19 pandemic condition. Toward this direction, the two objectives of this review are the following: (a) to discuss possible factors that may have affected negatively perinatal mental health through the pandemic-related restrictions; and (b) to present the implications of adversely affected maternal emotional wellbeing on infant development. We conclude that the pandemic may has affected maternal mental health with possible detrimental effects for the infants of the COVID-19 generation. We highlight the need for evidence-based interventions to be integrated within the health system for prenatal and postpartum care in an effort to promote maternal mental health and infant development.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2003
This study deals with parenting from a cultural perspective. Based on Kagitcibasi's model of ... more This study deals with parenting from a cultural perspective. Based on Kagitcibasi's model of the autonomous relational self, the authors analyzed Greek urban middle-class mothers' parenting strategies and compared them with German urban middle-class mothers' parenting styles. Interactional behaviors were assessed during videotaped, free-play home observations. It was assumed that urban middle-class Greek and German mothers do not differ in their display of face-to-face context and object stimulation, both considered as sup-porting an independent agency, that Greek mothers modulate the face-to-face context more with facial warmth than do German mothers who on the other hand, modulate their face-to-face behavior more with experiences of contingency than do Greek mothers. The data confirm our assumptions with the exception of baby talk as a second indicator of facial warmth. The data are interpreted in terms of foundations of socialization pathways of urban families in inde...
While there is a well-established literature on the detrimental effects of maternal depression on... more While there is a well-established literature on the detrimental effects of maternal depression on infant-mother interaction and on infant development, the association between paternal postpartum depression and infant development has been rarely investigated. The relative newness of research on paternal postpartum depression, inconsistent research methods, lack of standardized guidelines, clinical heterogeneity and the possible gender-related differences in the expression of emotional disorders pose difficulties in the systematic investigation of the impact paternal postpartum depression has on the quality of infant-father interaction. This editorial highlights the significance of continuing research on maternal and paternal postpartum depression in the course of early infancy and: a) identifies differences in the expression of maternal and paternal behaviors that may indicate depression; b) comments on the self-report measures most commonly used for determining maternal and paternal...
We compared ‘emotional coordination’ and ‘non-matching’ in spontaneous dyadic interactions of inf... more We compared ‘emotional coordination’ and ‘non-matching’ in spontaneous dyadic interactions of infant girls and boys with their mothers in early infancy. Eleven infant-mother dyads from Crete, Greece, six with girls, and five with boys, were observed during natural interactions at home from the second to the sixth month of life. Micro-analysis was used to investigate ‘coordination’ and ‘nonmatching’ of facial expressions of emotion. ‘Emotional coordination’ was evaluated with four measures: matching of facial expressions, completion when one responded to the other with ‘pleasure’ or ‘interest’, synchrony by matching frequency of change or rhythm of emotional expressions, and attunement when shifts of emotional intensity of the two partners were in the same direction. ‘Emotional non-matching’ was coded when neither the infant nor the mother showed interest in interacting with the other. In emotional coordination or non-matching between mother and infant, who performed first was also r...
ABSTRACT Reviews the literature on the following aspects of imitation: (1) Imitative reactions, s... more ABSTRACT Reviews the literature on the following aspects of imitation: (1) Imitative reactions, sympathetic emotions and human learning; (2) What is imitated?; (3) Constitutional foundations for imitation of motives; (4) Antenatal developments; (5) Evolution of imitation by motive reflection of mirror affordances; (6) How psychological theory has failed to explain human mimesis; (7) Imitation as communication; (8) The neonate's inborn plan for matching with the bodies and actions of persons: How they behave when they imitate; (9) Imitation cycles microanalysed in communication with infants; (10) Protoconversational interaction with imitation; (11) The state of the imitative mechanism before term; (12) Developments in infant's motives to communicate, and changing imitations; (13) Imitation in different relationships, I: Fathers and mothers with infant boys and girls; (14)Varieties of companionship of infants with fathers and mothers in Cretan families; (15) Imitation in different relationships, II: Infants imitating infants; and (16) Imitating in different relationships, III: Infants and mirrors. It is concluded that infants are born ready to reciprocate in rhythmic engagements with the motives of sympathetic partners, and that imitations are made communicatively. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
JMIR Research Protocols, 2021
Background There is limited knowledge on the physiological and behavioral pathways that may affec... more Background There is limited knowledge on the physiological and behavioral pathways that may affect the developmental outcomes of preterm infants and particularly on the link between autonomic nervous system maturation and early social human behavior. Thus, this study attempts to investigate the way heart rate variability (HRV) parameters are related to emotional coordination in interactions of preterm and full-term infants with their parents in the first year of life and the possible correlation with the developmental outcomes of infants at 18 months. Objective The first objective is to investigate the relationship between emotional coordination and HRV in dyadic full-term infant–parent (group 1) and preterm infant–parent (group 2) interactions during the first postpartum year. The second objective is to examine the relationship of emotional coordination and HRV in groups 1 and 2 in the first postpartum year with the developmental outcomes of infants at 18 months. The third objectiv...
Frontiers in Psychology
The present study investigates the way infants express their emotions in relation to parental fee... more The present study investigates the way infants express their emotions in relation to parental feelings between maternal and paternal questions and direct requests. We therefore compared interpersonal engagement accompanying parental questions and direct requests between infant–mother and infant–father interactions. We video-recorded spontaneous communication between 11 infant–mother and 11 infant–father dyads—from the 2nd to the 6th month—in their home. The main results of this study are summarized as follows: (a) there are similarities in the way preverbal infants use their affections in spontaneous interactions with their mothers and fathers to express signs of sensitivity in sharing knowledge through questions and direct requests; and (b) the developmental trajectories of face-to-face emotional coordination in the course of parental questions descend in a similar way for both parents across the age range of this study. Regarding the developmental trajectories of emotional non-coo...
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Early Child Development and Care
Early Child Development and Care
Early Child Development and Care