A caregiver's capacity to mentalize is thought to be one of the most important features of
secure parent–child relationships. Parental mentalizing can be measured using the …

Objectives Two key parental reflective capacities—mindful parenting (MP) and parental
reflective functioning (PRF)—have been shown to promote healthy parent-child …

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has both a profound effect on mental health and
affects how psychosocial interventions are delivered. In this paper, we outline particular …

We examined the links between mothers' prenatal attachment dimensions, parental
mentalization and mother-infant relational patterns. The sample consisted of 68 mother …

We examined the direct and indirect links between COVID-19, maternal anxiety symptoms,
and child behavior problems as well as the mediation-moderation links of mothers' anxiety …

Interest in studying the relative contributions of verbal (eg, maternal mind-mindedness [MM])
and non-verbal dimensions (ie, parental embodied mentalizing [PEM]) of parental …

Mothers with a substance use disorder (SUD) are at risk for maladaptive parenting practices,
and have heightened likelihood of having experienced childhood adversity themselves. In …

Adrenarche, the post-natal rise of DHEA and DHEAS, is unique to humans and the African
Apes. Recent findings have linked DHEA in humans to the development of the left …

Background Maternal depression and anxiety in the perinatal period affect the quality of
maternal sensitivity and mentalizing abilities. Few studies analyzed implicit mentalizing in …

Stress resilience in parenting depends on the parent's capacity to understand subjective
experiences in self and child, namely intersubjectivity, which is intimately related to …