Mentalizing under maternal stress: Using a baby simulator to investigate the impact of child-focused distress on maternal mentalizing and arousal / Saskia MALCORPS in Development and Psychopathology, 38-2 (May 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 38-2 (May 2026) . - p.539-551 Titre : Mentalizing under maternal stress: Using a baby simulator to investigate the impact of child-focused distress on maternal mentalizing and arousal Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Saskia MALCORPS, Auteur ; Nicole VLIEGEN, Auteur ; Helena J.V. RUTHERFORD, Auteur ; Patrick LUYTEN, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.539-551 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Attachment  baby simulator  mentalizing  parenting stress  trauma Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Parental mentalizing, or the parent’s capacity to think about the child as having an inner psychological world, has been shown to play an important role in sensitive parenting and child socioemotional development. Studies suggest that high levels of stress impair (parental) mentalizing, yet surprisingly few studies have experimentally investigated this. The present study aimed to address this gap by investigating the impact of child-focused stress on parental mentalizing measured using a newly developed self-report questionnaire, following an experimental design with a computer-controlled baby simulator in a sample of 29 community mothers. Both subjective arousal, measured by a self-report item, and biological arousal, assessed through galvanic skin response, were measured throughout the experiment. Attachment dimensions, childhood trauma, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) features were assessed at baseline. Results demonstrated that the induction of child-focused stress was associated with an increase in parental mentalizing difficulties. Increases in mentalizing difficulties were, in turn, associated with increases in subjective and biological arousal following the simulator task. Finally, attachment anxiety and childhood trauma were positively correlated with both arousal and parental mentalizing difficulties in the simulator task, whereas attachment avoidance and BPD features were not. The implications of these findings for early intervention are discussed. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100424 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586 [article] Mentalizing under maternal stress: Using a baby simulator to investigate the impact of child-focused distress on maternal mentalizing and arousal [texte imprimé] / Saskia MALCORPS, Auteur ; Nicole VLIEGEN, Auteur ; Helena J.V. RUTHERFORD, Auteur ; Patrick LUYTEN, Auteur . - p.539-551. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 38-2 (May 2026) . - p.539-551 Mots-clés : Attachment  baby simulator  mentalizing  parenting stress  trauma Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Parental mentalizing, or the parent’s capacity to think about the child as having an inner psychological world, has been shown to play an important role in sensitive parenting and child socioemotional development. Studies suggest that high levels of stress impair (parental) mentalizing, yet surprisingly few studies have experimentally investigated this. The present study aimed to address this gap by investigating the impact of child-focused stress on parental mentalizing measured using a newly developed self-report questionnaire, following an experimental design with a computer-controlled baby simulator in a sample of 29 community mothers. Both subjective arousal, measured by a self-report item, and biological arousal, assessed through galvanic skin response, were measured throughout the experiment. Attachment dimensions, childhood trauma, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) features were assessed at baseline. Results demonstrated that the induction of child-focused stress was associated with an increase in parental mentalizing difficulties. Increases in mentalizing difficulties were, in turn, associated with increases in subjective and biological arousal following the simulator task. Finally, attachment anxiety and childhood trauma were positively correlated with both arousal and parental mentalizing difficulties in the simulator task, whereas attachment avoidance and BPD features were not. The implications of these findings for early intervention are discussed. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100424 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586

Vicarious Effort-Based Decision-Making in Autism Spectrum Disorders / Maya G. MOSNER in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47-10 (October 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 47-10 (October 2017) . - p.2992-3006 Titre : Vicarious Effort-Based Decision-Making in Autism Spectrum Disorders Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Maya G. MOSNER, Auteur ; Jessica L. KINARD, Auteur ; Sean MCWEENY, Auteur ; Jasmine S. SHAH, Auteur ; Nathan D. MARKIEWITZ, Auteur ; Cara R. DAMIANO-GOODWIN, Auteur ; Margaret R. BURCHINAL, Auteur ; Helena J.V. RUTHERFORD, Auteur ; Rachel K. GREENE, Auteur ; Michael T. TREADWAY, Auteur ; Gabriel S. DICHTER, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2992-3006 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Vicarious reward  Effort-based decision-making  Social motivation Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study investigated vicarious effort-based decision-making in 50 adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to 32 controls using the Effort Expenditure for Rewards Task. Participants made choices to win money for themselves or for another person. When choosing for themselves, the ASD group exhibited relatively similar patterns of effort-based decision-making across reward parameters. However, when choosing for another person, the ASD group demonstrated relatively decreased sensitivity to reward magnitude, particularly in the high magnitude condition. Finally, patterns of responding in the ASD group were related to individual differences in consummatory pleasure capacity. These findings indicate atypical vicarious effort-based decision-making in ASD and more broadly add to the growing body of literature addressing social reward processing deficits in ASD. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3220-3 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=319 [article] Vicarious Effort-Based Decision-Making in Autism Spectrum Disorders [texte imprimé] / Maya G. MOSNER, Auteur ; Jessica L. KINARD, Auteur ; Sean MCWEENY, Auteur ; Jasmine S. SHAH, Auteur ; Nathan D. MARKIEWITZ, Auteur ; Cara R. DAMIANO-GOODWIN, Auteur ; Margaret R. BURCHINAL, Auteur ; Helena J.V. RUTHERFORD, Auteur ; Rachel K. GREENE, Auteur ; Michael T. TREADWAY, Auteur ; Gabriel S. DICHTER, Auteur . - p.2992-3006. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 47-10 (October 2017) . - p.2992-3006 Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Vicarious reward  Effort-based decision-making  Social motivation Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This study investigated vicarious effort-based decision-making in 50 adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to 32 controls using the Effort Expenditure for Rewards Task. Participants made choices to win money for themselves or for another person. When choosing for themselves, the ASD group exhibited relatively similar patterns of effort-based decision-making across reward parameters. However, when choosing for another person, the ASD group demonstrated relatively decreased sensitivity to reward magnitude, particularly in the high magnitude condition. Finally, patterns of responding in the ASD group were related to individual differences in consummatory pleasure capacity. These findings indicate atypical vicarious effort-based decision-making in ASD and more broadly add to the growing body of literature addressing social reward processing deficits in ASD. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3220-3 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=319

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