2024
A meta-analytic examination of sensitive responsiveness as a mediator between depression in mothers and psychopathology in children
Borairi S, Deneault A, Madigan S, Fearon P, Devereux C, Geer M, Jeyanayagam B, Martini J, Jenkins J. A meta-analytic examination of sensitive responsiveness as a mediator between depression in mothers and psychopathology in children. Attachment & Human Development 2024, 26: 273-300. PMID: 38860779, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2024.2359689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeta-analytic structural equation modelingIndirect pathwaysFree-play taskEnglish-speaking childrenMother-child interactionMeta-analytic examinationInternalizing psychopathologyExternalizing psychopathologyChild psychopathologyExternalizing behaviorsExternalizing problemsStructural equation modelingModeration analysisPsychopathologyTest moderationStructured tasksEquation modelingIndirect effectsDepressionExternalitiesModeratelyChildrenTaskSensitive responseMeta-analysis
2018
Child’s oxytocin response to mother-child interaction: The contribution of child genetics and maternal behavior
Baião R, Fearon P, Belsky J, Baptista J, Carneiro A, Pinto R, Nogueira M, Oliveira C, Soares I, Mesquita A. Child’s oxytocin response to mother-child interaction: The contribution of child genetics and maternal behavior. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2018, 102: 79-83. PMID: 30529717, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.11.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOxytocin responseMaternal sensitive responsivenessOT levelsMaternal behaviorMother-child interactionMother-child interaction taskMothers' sensitive responsivenessGG genotypeSalivary OT levelsMaternal interactive behaviorSensitive responsivenessSuch genotypic differencesOxytocinergic systemPortuguese preschoolersOXTR genotypeOT concentrationsResponsivenessEnvironmental factorsPreliminary supportChild genotypeChild geneticsAssessing preschoolers interactive behaviour: A validation study of the “Coding System for Mother–Child Interaction”
Baiao R, Baptista J, Carneiro A, Pinto R, Toscano C, Fearon P, Soares I, Mesquita A. Assessing preschoolers interactive behaviour: A validation study of the “Coding System for Mother–Child Interaction”. Child Care Health And Development 2018, 44: 644-650. PMID: 29766543, DOI: 10.1111/cch.12572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-child interactionChildren's interactive behaviorsInteractive behaviorInteractive skillsCoding systemMeasures of temperamentMothers' interactive behaviorsFuture researchReliable measurePreschool-age childrenChildren's codingPortuguese preschoolersChild temperamentPreschool yearsFamily variablesStructured tasksDevelopmental achievementsBehavior problemsChildren's cooperationBehavioral problemsDivergent validityClinical populationsMaternal reportsConvergent validityTemperament
2010
The effects of maternal postnatal depression and child sex on academic performance at age 16 years: a developmental approach
Murray L, Arteche A, Fearon P, Halligan S, Croudace T, Cooper P. The effects of maternal postnatal depression and child sex on academic performance at age 16 years: a developmental approach. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2010, 51: 1150-1159. PMID: 20840504, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02259.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive functioningMother-child interactionStructural equation modellingPostnatal depressionChild sexChildren's cognitive functioningMaternal depressionPoor cognitive functioningEarly school yearsNon-depressed mothersCognitive developmentMaternal postnatal depressionPND mothersAcademic outcomesDevelopmental approachMaternal interactionAcademic performanceGCSE performanceEquation modellingControl childrenSchool yearFunctioningEarly interventionExam performanceAge 16 years