Sentences with phrase «quality of the mother»

While Martha Stewart herself did not make the connection between the quality of a woman's homemaking and the quality of her mothering, women who related to her as a professional were able to make the leap themselves.

Erikson holds that the infant develops a sense of «basic trust» or «basic distrust,» depending on the quality of the mother - child relationship.

These old - fashioned cookies are the apotheosis of these two qualities of my mother.

• The quality of mothering provided to an infant has been linked with supports the mother receives from her partner (for review, see Guterman & Lee, 2005).

• Laumann - Billings & Emery (1998) found the quality of mother - child relationships after separation / divorce dropping substantially — to the same level as father - child relationships had been before separation.

• Simons et al (1999) found that externalising behaviour in boys whose parents had divorced could be explained by two factors: a mix of reduced involvement by fathers in parenting; and compromised quality of mothers» parenting.

Fletcher (2009) found that an intervention with a father whose partner was depressed not only improved the quality of his parenting (with inevitable positive impact on his baby's mental health) but also had positive knock - on effects on the quality of mother - infant interactions in that household.

In fact, individual studies have found that the quality of the mother - child relationship may also be compromised.

Thankfully, research has consistently shown that fluid intake doesn't affect the quantity or quality of mother's milk.

... Newest bits of evidence linking a young child's intelligence with the quality of mothering and the amount of mental stimulation in the home comes from the Journal of Educational of Psychology... Most important elements include the mother's involvement with the child, the verbal and emotional responsiveness of the mother and the provision of appropriate materials, this research shows.

It's also because a father's education level consistently predicts the quality of mother - child interactions, and also because better educated fathers are more likely to earn well.

What determines the quality of a mother is how she raises the child, not what she does to treat severe pain while pregnant.

One of the outstanding qualities of mothers is their devotion to providing quality nutrition to their children.

«A close attachment after birth and beyond allows the natural, biological attachment - promoting behaviors of the infant and the intuitive, biological, care - giving qualities of the mother to come together.

Though breastfeeding mother's are advised to consume 500 calories more than when they are not breastfeeding, researchers in developing countries found that it takes three weeks of near famine conditions until the quantity or quality of mother's milk is compromised.

It improves the quality of mother's milk.

Did you know that the power of touch affects newborn stability and the quality of mother - infant attachment?

Postpartum depression is known to have negative effects on the quality of mother - child interactions and on the child's biological and behavioral development.»

In fact, research tells us that the quality of a mother's diet has little influence on her milk.

It is a good plant to use in the evening for milk production as it will help with nighttime feedings and improve the quality of the mother and child's sleep.

In with respect to the quality of mother - infant relations, a prospective longitudinal study of around 1000 young New Zealanders found a small but significant association between breastfeeding duration and adolescents» perceptions of maternal care, with a longer duration of breastfeeding being associated with increased adolescent perceptions of maternal nurturance.9 This association persisted after statistical control for a wide range of the selection factors noted above.

Research shows that the quality of mother - child relationships greatly influences children's development socially, emotionally and academically.

«Even a simple assessment of the quality of the mother - infant interaction at such an early age captures something very important in terms of the future psychological health of that infant,» says Joanna Maselko, PhD, the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical School, in Durham, N.C.

Egg yolk from pastured chickens contain ample amounts of omega - 3 fatty acids and natural cholesterol which are critical to a child's mental development and may be lacking in breastmilk depending on the quality of the mother's diet.

My guess is that no one ever does it perfectly but we are each trying our best to improve on the quality of mothering we received.

It must be emphasized, however, that the quality of mother's milk depends greatly on her diet.

Nonresident father involvement might also benefit children by raising the quality of mothers» parenting.

Objective is to improve maternal health behaviors during and after pregnancy, improve birth outcomes, build maternal caretaking skills, improve the quality of mother - child interaction, prevent rapid repeat pregnancy, increase educational achievement, and build social competence.

The project will evaluate a targeted intervention that has the potential to improve developmental outcomes of children of depressed mothers through improving the quality of mother - infant interactions, parenting stress and maternal feelings of attachment to the infant.

Fact: «All of the protective factors except father involvement predicted behavior problem scores; children's sociability and attentiveness and the quality of the mother - child relationship predicted school readiness.

This stress reduced the quality of mother - child interactions.

To improve children's developmental outcomes, prevention and intervention approaches should focus on improving the quality of mother - infant interactions.

A broad range of measures of attachment, qualities of the mother - infant relationship, maternal perception of parenting stress, parenting competence and satisfaction, depression, and infant cognition and emotion regulation were used.

This finding is consistent with the meta - analysis by Amato and Gilbreth (1999) showing that when it comes to nonresident father involvement, although feelings of closeness and indicators of authoritative parenting have the strongest influence on child well - being, the effects are generally modest... Our results also reveal that the quality of the mother - child relationship has stronger, more consistent effects on adolescent well - being than the nonresident father - child relationship.

Some success has been achieved in improving the quality of mother - infant interactions by targeting parenting difficulties, though studies have tended to be short - term with brief follow up.

While these findings are encouraging, the extent to which improvements in the quality of the mother - child relationship lead to better long - term child outcomes remains to be demonstrated.

There are several well conducted naturalistic studies of the impact of PND on the mother - child relationship, and the architecture of parenting disturbances in this context is now well understood; similarly, the evidence on the consequences of PND for child development is detailed and robust.5 There have also been several randomized controlled trials of the impact of treatment on PND.7, 8 However, the treatment trials have almost all had limited follow up and have principally been concerned with the impact on maternal mood rather than on the quality of the mother - child relationship and child development outcome.

Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative emotionality, and infant attachment security.18

All these studies, however, also report that the quality of the mother - child relationship has a stronger, more consistent effect on adolescent well - being than the father - child relationship... The effects of nonresident father involvement on adolescent well - being found in this study are clearly modest.

It is crucial that attention be given in treatment to the quality of the mother - child relationship and that specific therapeutic measures be introduced to help mothers engage optimally with their infants.

However, research using the UK Millennium Cohort Study did not find that the quality of mothers» and fathers» relationships with younger children (aged three) varied according to a score of adverse family events (Malmberg et al., 2011).

Our GUS finding for family socio - economic disadvantage (as indicated here by lower parental education) ties in with the negative effect of low family socio - economic status on the quality of both mothers» and fathers» relations with three year - old children in another large birth cohort, the UK Millennium Cohort Study (Malmberg & Flouri, 2011).

It has been suggested that there is a complex causal association between the quality of mothering and a range of emotional, behavioural, cognitive and social outcomes for children.

This section considers whether father - child relationships remain associated with wellbeing after allowing for potentially important confounders including child gender, socio - demographic factors, and the quality of the mother - child relationship.

The Quality of Spontaneous Movements of Preterm Infants: Associations with the Quality of Mother - Infant Interaction.

Stability of maternal discipline practices and the quality of mother — child interaction during toddlerhood.

Our results show, that the video coders rated the quality of the mother - child relationship considerably higher than the clinical staff did.

The absence of a resident father from infancy was not found to have negative consequences for the psychological wellbeing of the children or for the quality of mother — child relationships, apart from the children perceiving themselves as less competent and the mothers reporting more severe disputes with their children at adolescence.

Security of attachment and quality of mother — toddler social interaction in a high - risk sample.

Quality of mother - child interaction assessed by the Emotional Availability Scale: Associations with maternal psychological well - being, child behavior problems, and child cognitive functioning.Ph.D.