Various lines of research suggest that parental mind-mindedness can facilitate children's
cognitive and social growth (eg, executive functions and social cognition) in addition to …

As fathers are increasingly involved in childcare, understanding the neurological
underpinnings of fathering has become a key research issue in developmental …

The mother's attunement to her infant's emotional needs influences her use of touching
behaviors during mother–infant interactions. Moreover, maternal touch appears to modulate …

The effects of adult–child interactions on children's emotional, social, and cognitive
development were clearly realised through numerous studies that were both observational …

Infant care engages the body, a fact that affects both the infant's development and the
mother-infant relationship. This study details the subjective experience of mothers during the …

Maternal touch is considered crucial in regulating infants' internal states when facing
unknown or distressing situations. Here, we explored the effects of maternal touch on 7 …

The goal of this study was to examine the effects of preterm birth and maternal childbirth‐
related posttraumatic stress and parenting stress on maternal mind‐mindedness (MM). The …

Aberrations of self-experience are considered a core feature of borderline personality
disorder (BPD). While prominent aetiological accounts of BPD, such as the mentalization …

Relatively little research has examined associations between maternal mind-mindedness
and emotion regulation among toddlers from low-income families. This study investigated …

Infants spend a lot of time in bodily contact with their parents; still, parents exhibit significant
individual differences in the amount of touch they provide to their infants (Jean et al., 2009) …