Maternal sensitivity is of central importance to a child's healthy development. This study
examines how different types of psychosocial stress originating from the child, the parents …

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

Continuity and discontinuity in maternal sensitivity from 6 and 24 months to 42 months were
examined in a sample of 135 disadvantaged mothers and their firstborn children. Sensitivity …

Background Maternal mental well-being and social circumstances during pregnancy and
early childhood impact the child's well-being and development. Supportive and sensitive …

Drawing from a domain specificity perspective, we assert that maternal sensitivity to infant
distress cues is distinct from maternal sensitivity to non-distress cues. We review evidence …

In light of evidence suggesting that maternal adaptation may impact early child emotional
development, this study investigated the interactive effects of maternal psychosocial …

Children of anxious parents have been shown to be at an increased risk of developing an
anxiety disorder. Thus, it is critically important to identify factors that increase or decrease …

This study sought to disentangle the effects of different kinds of stress on maternal ratings of
child externalizing and internalizing problems, social inhibition, and social competence, with …

OBJECTIVE: To examine various maternal, child, and contextual characteristics, as well as
the number of risk factors present, to distinguish which factors explain variance in the …

Maternal sensitivity is a modifiable determinant of infant attachment security and a precursor
to optimal child development. Contextual stressors undermine sensitivity, but research was …