Background: Most studies on parental reactions to a preterm birth and to hospitalization of
the newborn in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) have involved mothers. However …

Anxiety symptoms are common among women during pregnancy and the postpartum
period, potentially having detrimental effects on both mother and child's well-being. Perinatal …

The relationships infants and young children have with their caregivers are fundamental to
their survival and well-being. Theorists and researchers across disciplines have attempted …

Reorganization of the maternal brain upon childbirth triggers the species-typical maternal
social behavior. These brief social moments carry profound effects on the infant's brain and …

This theoretical paper introduces six emotion socialization typologies that can be used for
designating emotion responsivity styles of parents and peers of children in middle …

Social cognition may facilitate fathers' sensitive caregiving behavior. We administered the
Why‐How Task, an fMRI task that elicits theory of mind processing, to expectant fathers (n …

Although there has been growing interest in mood-related neural alterations in women in the
initial weeks postpartum, recent work has demonstrated that postpartum depression often …

Background: When adolescent boys experience close, secure relationships with their
parents and peers, the implications are potentially far reaching, including lower levels of …

Empathy is deemed indispensable for sensitive caregiving. Neuroimaging studies have
identified canonical empathy networks consisting of regions supporting cognitive and …

The effect of the babyface schema includes three typical responses, namely, the preference
response, viewing motivation, and attention bias towards infant faces. It has been theorised …