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Early Intervention and the Development of Self-Regulation
Peter Fonagy,Mary Target +1 more
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In this paper, a reformulation of attachment theory constructs in terms of the quality of interpersonal interpretive functioning and the interpersonal strategies adopted by individuals to maintain optimal psychological distance between themselves and others, given their particular level of interpretive capacity.Abstract:
Self-regulation is the key mediator between genetic predisposition, early experience, and adult functioning. This paper argues that all the key mechanisms underpinning the enduring effects of early relationship experiences interface with individuals' capacity to control (a) their reaction to stress, (b) their capacity to maintain focused attention, and (c) their capacity to interpret mental states in themselves and others. These three mechanisms together function to assist the individual to work closely and collaboratively with other minds. The paper proposes a reformulation of attachment theory constructs in terms of the quality of interpersonal interpretive functioning and the interpersonal strategies adopted by individuals to maintain optimal psychological distance between themselves and others, given their particular level of interpretive capacity.read more
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Modeling other minds.
TL;DR: Nine normal volunteers performed a ‘theory of mind’ task while their regional brain blood flow pattern was recorded using the PET [15O]H2O technique, suggesting that when inferential reasoning depends on constructing a mental model about the beliefs and intentions of others, the participation of the prefrontal cortex is required.
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Security of Attachment as a Predictor of Symbolic and Mentalising Abilities: A Longitudinal Study
TL;DR: The development of symbolic and mentalising abilities was examined in 33 children whose security of attachment had been assessed in infancy as mentioned in this paper, and it was found that securely attached children: (i) were better able to incorporate an experimenter's play suggestions into their sequences of symbolic play at 31 months; and (ii) performed better on a version of Wimmer and Perner's (1983) unexpected transfer task at age 4.
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Prediction of elementary school children's externalizing problem behaviors from attentional and behavioral regulation and negative emotionality.
Nancy Eisenberg,Ivanna K. Guthrie,Richard A. Fabes,Stephanie A. Shepard,Sandra H. Losoya,Bridget C. Murphy,Sarah Jones,Rick Poulin,Mark Reiser +8 more
TL;DR: According to the best fitting structural equation model, at two ages behavioral dysregulation predicted externalizing behavior problems for children both high and low in negative emotionality, whereas prediction of problem behavior from attentional control was significant only for children prone tonegative emotionality.
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Stress reactivity and attachment security
TL;DR: Later attachment security was related to greater maternal responsiveness and lower cortisol baselines, and neither cortisol nor behavioral reactivity to the inoculations predicted later attachment classifications.