Parenting and Child Development : Issues and Answers.

Cover -- Copyright and publication details -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- About the author and editors -- Preface -- Section and Chapter Summaries -- SECTION I: Predictors of Parent-Child Interaction and Child Development -- Populations at Risk -- Fostering Resiliency in Infants and Young Children through Parent-Infant Interaction -- Parent-Infant Interaction as a Protective Factor that Promotes Resiliency -- Attachment Security -- Cognitive, Language, and Social-Emotional Development -- Risk Factors That Threaten Parent-Infant Interaction -- Infant Characteristics -- Depression -- Adolescent Parenting -- Poverty -- Intervention Studies -- Clinical Implications -- References -- Postpartum Depression is a Family Affair: Addressing the Impact on Mothers, Fathers, and Children -- Impact of PPD on Mothers and Fathers -- Predictors of PPD Point To Family Connection -- Biological Explanations -- Psychosocial Stressors -- Marital Relationships -- Influences of PPD On Parenting Cognitions And Parent-Infant Relationships -- Maternal Cognitions and Maternal-Infant Relationships -- Paternal Cognitions and Paternal-Infant Relationships -- Impact of PPD on Infants and Children -- Health -- Cognitive Development -- Social-Emotional Development -- Behavioral Development -- Implications for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice and Policy in Family Intervention -- Screening Mothers and Fathers for PPD -- PPD Interventions for Mother and Fathers -- Relationship Interventions for PPD -- Recommendations for Family-Centered Interventions and Future Research -- Family-Centered Approaches to PPD -- Interventions Targeting Couples Affected by PPD -- Support Programs for Fathers and Mothers -- Conclusion -- References -- Socioeconomic Status and Child Development: A Meta-analysis -- Guiding Framework -- Rationale for Meta-Analysis.

Method -- Inclusion Criteria -- Data Extraction and Quality Assessment -- Meta-Analyses -- Results -- Sample Heterogeneity -- Externalizing Behavior -- Internalizing Behavior -- Cognitive and Language Development -- Discussion -- Declaration of Conflicting Interests -- Funding -- References -- Adolescent Mothers: Support Needs, Resources, and Support-education Interventions -- Conceptual Foundation -- Support Needs of Adolescent Parents and their Children -- Support Resources -- Family Support -- Partner Support -- Perceptions of Support Sources -- Multiple Sources of Support -- Support-Education Interventions -- Social Support -- Contraceptive Knowledge and Behavior -- Employability -- Parental Confidence and Psychological Well-being -- Parenting Skills and Knowledge -- Child Health and Development -- Limitations of Support-Education Intervention Studies and Directions for Future Research -- Attrition and Sample Size -- Control/Suitable Comparison Group -- Measurement -- Content and Duration -- Targeting Vulnerable Groups -- Support Sources and Support Intervention Agents -- Support Mode -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Intergenerational Transmission of Adverse Childhood Experiences via Maternal Depression and Anxiety and Moderation by Child Sex -- Introduction -- Method -- Study design and sample -- Measures -- Exposure -- Mediators -- Outcome measures -- Moderator measure -- Covariates -- Data analyses -- Results -- Descriptive findings -- Objective 1: Association between maternal ACES and child behaviour -- Objective 2: Mediation by maternal depression and anxiety -- Prenatal mediation of internalizing behavior -- Postnatal mediation of externalizing behavior -- Postnatal mediation of internalizing behaviour -- Post-hoc analyses of mediator models -- Objective 3: moderation by child sex -- Postnatal model of externalizing behaviour.

Postnatal model of internalizing behaviour -- Discussion -- Strengths and limitations -- Conclusion -- Supplementary material -- Acknowledgements -- Financial support -- Conflicts of interest Education -- Ethical standards -- References -- Mothering and Domestic Violence: A Longitudinal Analysis -- Method -- Parenting Behaviors -- Predictors and Covariates -- Exposure to domestic violence -- Social support -- Family function -- Maternal depression -- Maternal education, socioeconomic status (SES), and sex -- Interaction Terms -- Analyses -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- SECTION II: Interventions to Promote Parent-Child Interaction and Child Development -- Intervention Testing: Primary Studies and Reviews -- Improving Adolescent Parent-infant Interactions: A Pilot Study -- Methods -- Sample -- Procedures -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Results -- Participant Characteristics -- Parent-Infant Interaction and Contingent Responsiveness -- Cognitive Development and Visual Expectations -- Discussion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Supporting Parents: Can Intervention Improve Parent-child Relationships? -- Vulnerable Children and their Families -- Parent-Child Relationships -- Family Functioning -- Supporting Parenting Capacities -- Support Intervention I: Keys to Caregiving -- Research Question and Hypotheses -- Sample -- Method -- Instruments -- Analysis -- Results -- Support Intervention II: Natural Teaching Strategies -- Research Question and Hypotheses -- Sample -- Design and Method -- Instruments -- Analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Limitations -- Parent-Child Relationships and Family Functioning -- Social Support -- Conclusion -- References -- Interventions with Depressed Mothers and their Infants: Modifying Interactive Behaviours -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Treatment procedures -- 2.3 Assessments.

3. Results and interpretation -- 4 Discussion -- References -- The Effect of Home-based Peer Support on Maternal-infant Interactions Among Women with Postpartum Depression: A Randomized, Controlled Trial -- Introduction -- Theoretical foundation -- Methods -- Recruitment and sample size -- Inclusion criteria -- Intervention -- Control -- Both groups -- Data collection -- Data analysis -- Results -- Flow of participants, follow up, and sample characteristics -- Outcomes -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Quasi-experimental Evaluation of a Telephone-based Peer Support Intervention for Maternal Depression -- Why is this research needed? -- What are the key findings? -- How should the findings be used to influence policy/ practice/research/education? -- Introduction -- Background -- The study -- Aims -- Design -- Participants -- Intervention -- Data collection -- Instruments -- Setting -- Ethical considerations -- Data analysis -- Reliability and validity -- Results -- Sample and participant flow -- Outcomes -- Discussion -- Discussion of findings -- Study limitations -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Funding -- Conflict of interest -- Author contributions -- References -- A Narrative and Meta-analytic Review of Interventions Aiming to Improve Maternal-child Attachment Security -- Interventions to Promote Maternal-Child Attachment -- Method -- Outcome Measures -- Quality Assessment -- Data Extraction -- Statistical Analysis and Data Synthesis -- Results -- Primary Outcome -- Secondary Outcomes -- Discussion -- References -- SECTION III: Epigenetics and New Directions -- What to Watch for Next -- How Do Interactions Between Early Caregiving Environment and Genes Influence Health and Behavior? -- Background -- Epigenetics and Gene-by-Environment Interaction -- Attachment and Caregiving -- Method -- Sample -- Results.

Caregiving's Effect on Gene Expression (Epigenetic Change) -- Gene × Environment Interactions -- Externalizing Behavior -- Internalizing Behavior -- Disorganized Attachment -- Discussion -- Declaration of Conflicting Interests -- Funding -- References -- Parenting Interacts with Plasticity Genes in Predicting Behavioral Outcomes in Preschoolers -- Key plasticity genotypes for behavior -- Plasticity index -- Parent-child relationship quality -- Methods -- Sample and recruitment -- Procedures and measures -- Statistical analysis -- Results -- Effect of parent-child relationship and genotype on child internalizing behaviors -- Effect of parent-child relationship quality and genotype on child externalizing behaviors -- Discussion -- Plasticity index in interaction with parenting -- Individual plasticity alleles in interaction with parenting -- Relevance to nursing -- Strengths and limitations -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Declaration of Conflicting Interests -- Funding -- References -- Author Biographies -- Epilogue: Relationships are the Antidote to Toxic Stress -- Index -- Danger, Development and Adaptation -- Back cover.

A unique collection of research papers that focuses on improving the quality of mother-child interaction and child developmental outcomes among high-risk populations. Demonstrates the efficacy and importance of related interventions.

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