Maternal mentalizing and quality of interactive behavior with their infant in the first year postpartum: A meta-analysis
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Maternal mentalizing and quality of interactive behavior with their infant in the first year postpartum : A meta-analysis. / Wendelboe, Katrine Isabella; Reijman, Sophie; Madsen, Eva Back; Støve, Laura Lærkegård; Stuart, Anne Christine; Smith-Nielsen, Johanne; Væver, Mette Skovgaard.
In: Developmental Review, Vol. 73, 101136, 06.2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Maternal mentalizing and quality of interactive behavior with their infant in the first year postpartum
T2 - A meta-analysis
AU - Wendelboe, Katrine Isabella
AU - Reijman, Sophie
AU - Madsen, Eva Back
AU - Støve, Laura Lærkegård
AU - Stuart, Anne Christine
AU - Smith-Nielsen, Johanne
AU - Væver, Mette Skovgaard
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - The quality of parent-infant interaction is crucial for infant development, and the postpartumperiod is considered particularly important for subsequent developmental pathways. Parentalmentalizing has been identified as a key component influencing parental behavior. Yet, no meta-analysis has specifically focused on the link between parental mentalizing and observed parentalbehavior during parent-infant interaction in the first year postpartum. The present study ad-dresses this gap by conducting a meta-analysis of 20 studies involving mothers and their 0–12months old infants. A three-level random effects analysis, encompassing 133 individual effectsizes and 1990 participants, revealed a small, positive overall effect size (r = 0.20). Moderatoranalyses investigated the influence of study methodology (e.g., offline versus online assessment ofmentalizing, free-play interaction versus non-free play), sample and study characteristics on effectsize. Using meta-regression, significant moderators were maternal SES risk-status and studypublication year, while study methodology and other sample and study characteristics did notmoderate the association. The study advances our understanding of parental mentalizing andparenting behavior in the postpartum period, providing methodological considerations formentalizing assessment. Results are discussed in terms of implications and recommendations forfuture research.
AB - The quality of parent-infant interaction is crucial for infant development, and the postpartumperiod is considered particularly important for subsequent developmental pathways. Parentalmentalizing has been identified as a key component influencing parental behavior. Yet, no meta-analysis has specifically focused on the link between parental mentalizing and observed parentalbehavior during parent-infant interaction in the first year postpartum. The present study ad-dresses this gap by conducting a meta-analysis of 20 studies involving mothers and their 0–12months old infants. A three-level random effects analysis, encompassing 133 individual effectsizes and 1990 participants, revealed a small, positive overall effect size (r = 0.20). Moderatoranalyses investigated the influence of study methodology (e.g., offline versus online assessment ofmentalizing, free-play interaction versus non-free play), sample and study characteristics on effectsize. Using meta-regression, significant moderators were maternal SES risk-status and studypublication year, while study methodology and other sample and study characteristics did notmoderate the association. The study advances our understanding of parental mentalizing andparenting behavior in the postpartum period, providing methodological considerations formentalizing assessment. Results are discussed in terms of implications and recommendations forfuture research.
U2 - 10.1016/j.dr.2024.101136
DO - 10.1016/j.dr.2024.101136
M3 - Review
VL - 73
JO - Developmental Review
JF - Developmental Review
SN - 1090-2406
M1 - 101136
ER -
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