Background Differential Susceptibility Theory (DST) postulates that some children are more
affected–for better and for worse–by developmental experiences, including parenting, than …

Here we tested whether there was genetic moderation of effects of early maternal sensitivity
on social–emotional and cognitive–linguistic development from early childhood onward and …

Objective. Maternal sensitivity is a fundamental parenting construct and a determinant of
positive child outcomes and healthy parent–child relationships. Few longitudinal studies …

The association between parent personality and parenting has been established in the
literature; however, the mechanisms explaining this relationship remain poorly understood …

The goal of this study is to clarify the relation between maternal sensitivity and internalizing
problems during the preschool period. For this purpose, a longitudinal, bidirectional model …

Maternal parenting behaviors during a mother–infant play interaction were examined in a
sample of 160 low‐income mothers and their 15‐month‐old infants. Maternal …

The investigation and identification of factors shaping children's development have long
been central to the field of developmental psychology; and parenting has long been …

We examined relations between positive parenting, parenting stress, and children's
regulatory abilities across infancy and early childhood. First-time mothers and their infants …

According to environmental sensitivity models, children vary in responsivity to parenting.
However, different models propose different patterns, with responsivity to primarily:(1) …

Using data from the longitudinal NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
(N= 1364), this study examined the association between mothers' sensitivity and children's …