2022
Reflective functioning in mothers with addictions: Differential relationships involving family history of mental illness and substance use
Lowell A, Yatziv T, Peacock-Chambers E, Zayde A, DeCoste C, Suchman N, McMahon T. Reflective functioning in mothers with addictions: Differential relationships involving family history of mental illness and substance use. Frontiers In Psychology 2022, 13: 911069. PMID: 36312152, PMCID: PMC9614557, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.911069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal mental illnessMaternal substance useFamily historyParental mental illnessMental illnessSubstance useOutpatient substance use treatmentPaternal mental illnessSubstance use treatmentIllnessReflective functioningUse treatmentMothersMother's capacityAddictionEarly experienceTraumaParent Development InterviewParental reflective functioningExposureUnivariate ANOVA
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