Lecture 6- Promoting Parent-Child Health Flashcards
What is maternal sensitivity?
mother’s ability to perceive and accurately interpret signals and communications implicit in infants behaviours
What is the importance Mother-Child dyadic synchrony?
Plays an important role in maternal sensitivity and infant-mother attachment
critical for the development of infants’ ability to regulate their internal states
What two factors impact infants emotional regulation?
1) Dyad’s ability to share and communicate emotions
2) Caregiver empathetic understanding of infants affective state
What are babies responsible for?
how effectively their needs are perceived and signalled
What are caregivers responsible for?
correctly interpreting the cues of the baby and responding appropriately
What characteristics do extroverted babies have?
1) high neurobehavioral organizations
2) low social withdrawal
What are the characteristics of an under-aroused baby?
1) Lower reactivity to stress and mothers
2) more sensitive and happy
what are the characteristics of a withdrawn infant?
1) low neurobehavioural organization
2) High response to stress and poor performance
How does having depression affect mootherhood?
1) Longer latencies in maternal responsivity indicate a lack of synchrony
2) low maternal structuring and less infant involvement in interactions
What is parental mind-mindedness mean?
caregivers tend to attribute mental states to their young children and interpret behaviour as resulting from these mental states
What is the objective of health promotion?
To prolong and improve quality of life, and to prevent the effects of impaired physical or mental health for those who are affected
What is the importance of health promotion?
1) Create favourable social conditions
2) reduce inequalities and ensure equal opportunities
3) coordinating with people from all walks of life
3) Improve policies
