2023
Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period
Rutherford H, Yatziv T, Vess M, Brooker R. Envisioning motherhood: Mental‐state language in caregiving narratives across the perinatal period. Infant Mental Health Journal 2023, 44: 218-227. PMID: 36862383, PMCID: PMC10559800, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental state languageCognitive mentalizingCaregiving representationsParental mentalizationMaternal mentalizationMentalizationMental healthMaternal addictionStudy limitationsModerate consistencyLanguagePositive sentimentMentalizingMonths postpartumMothersNarrativesCaregivingWhite mothersPerinatal periodAddictionHigher useTime pointsRelative dominanceImplicationsSentiment
2020
Prematurity and Maladaptive Mealtime Dynamics: the Roles of Maternal Emotional Distress, Eating-Related Cognitions, and Mind-Mindedness
Yatziv T, Gueron-Sela N, Meiri G, Marks K, Atzaba-Poria N. Prematurity and Maladaptive Mealtime Dynamics: the Roles of Maternal Emotional Distress, Eating-Related Cognitions, and Mind-Mindedness. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2020, 48: 1089-1103. PMID: 32377916, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00639-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional distressMaternal cognitionsChild vulnerabilityMultiple mediation analysisMaternal emotional distressMultiple mediator modelHigh emotional distressMental statesChildren's eatingCognitionEatingDistressIndirect pathwaysFeeding disordersPerceptionConstitute risk factorsDisordersPreterm newbornsPremature birthRisk factorsPrematurityVulnerabilityChildrenImplicationsMothers