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
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 infantsMaternal Mentalization and Behavior Under Stressful Contexts: The Moderating Roles of Prematurity and Household Chaos
Yatziv T, Gueron‐Sela N, Meiri G, Marks K, Atzaba‐Poria N. Maternal Mentalization and Behavior Under Stressful Contexts: The Moderating Roles of Prematurity and Household Chaos. Infancy 2018, 23: 591-615. DOI: 10.1111/infa.12233.Peer-Reviewed Original Research