2024
The association between maternal and child posttraumatic stress symptoms among families living in southern Israel: The buffering role of maternal executive functions
Levy M, Yatziv T, Levavi K, Yakov P, Pike A, Deater‐Deckard K, Hadar A, Bar G, Froimovici M, Atzaba‐Poria N. The association between maternal and child posttraumatic stress symptoms among families living in southern Israel: The buffering role of maternal executive functions. Stress And Health 2024, 40: e3456. PMID: 39116030, DOI: 10.1002/smi.3456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild posttraumatic stress symptomsPosttraumatic stress symptomsParental executive functioningMaternal executive functionExecutive functionThreat contextStress symptomsUpdating abilityContext of parent-child interactionsMaternal posttraumatic stress symptomsHigh-level cognitive processesPosttraumatic stress disorderGoal-directed behaviorStress-buffering effectsHigh‐threat contextsModerating rolePositive parenting interactionsParent-child interactionsEffective coping skillsAnxiety responsesStress disorderComputerised taskCognitive processesTraumatic eventsChildren's symptoms
2020
When do mothers' executive functions contribute to their representations of their child's mind? A contextual view on parental reflective functioning and mind-mindedness.
Yatziv T, Kessler Y, Atzaba-Poria N. When do mothers' executive functions contribute to their representations of their child's mind? A contextual view on parental reflective functioning and mind-mindedness. Developmental Psychology 2020, 56: 1191-1206. PMID: 32338933, DOI: 10.1037/dev0000931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExecutive functionParental reflective functioningReflective functioningChild's mindMental statesEF tasksFull-term childrenSpontaneous attributionsStressful contextsMaternal mentalizationParents' capacityPreschool childrenContextual viewMindChildrenFunctioningPreterm groupMentalizationCoparentingMothersAutomaticityAttributionPerceptionDissatisfactionTask
2018
What’s going on in my baby’s mind? Mothers’ executive functions contribute to individual differences in maternal mentalization during mother-infant interactions
Yatziv T, Kessler Y, Atzaba-Poria N. What’s going on in my baby’s mind? Mothers’ executive functions contribute to individual differences in maternal mentalization during mother-infant interactions. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0207869. PMID: 30500853, PMCID: PMC6267990, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-infant interactionExecutive functionResponse inhibitionMaternal mentalizationFree-play interactionsMemory updatingCognitive mechanismsInfant-related factorsCognitive tasksPsychological agentIndividual differencesStressful contextsChild temperamentInfant temperamentBaby's mindPlay interactionsInfant behaviorMother's capacityMentalizationTemperamentChildrenMothers' resistanceMindParentingFull-term infants