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OBSERVING THE INFLUENCE OF MINDFULNESS AND ATTACHMENT STYLES THROUGH MOTHER AND INFANT INTERACTION: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY
- Source :
- Infant Mental Health Journal. 38:343-350
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2017.
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Abstract
- The cross-generational influence of attachment security or insecurity on caregiving is well-established. Recently, research has focused on mindfulness as a potential variable to interrupt the transmission of insecure attachment and disrupt its effect across generations. Thirty-six pregnant female participants completed the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire and Relationship Questionnaire-Clinical Version at 30 weeks' gestation. Following the infant's birth, mothers and their babies participated in a video-recorded feeding session at 7 to 10 weeks' postpartum. It was predicted that a secure attachment style and higher levels of mindfulness measured prenatally would be associated with greater maternal responsiveness postpartum. The hypothesis was supported for both the secure and insecure (fearful and profoundly distrustful) attachment styles. Mindfulness did not mediate the relationship between attachment and maternal distress. The mindfulness subscale Non-Reacting was significantly associated with maternal response to distress. These findings support the role of prenatal mindfulness skills and attachment security for later postnatal maternal sensitivity to baby.
- Subjects :
- Longitudinal study
Mindfulness
05 social sciences
Attachment security
050109 social psychology
Pregnant female
Developmental psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Distress
Maternal sensitivity
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Attachment theory
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
Maternal distress
050104 developmental & child psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 01639641
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Infant Mental Health Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6af6cc4c48301bf17b8724bfdf7a0925