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
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