Parent-Infant Adaptive Biobehavioral Intersubjectivity

James Edward Swain, S. Shaun Ho, Yoshio Nakamura, Genevieve Patterson, Meroona Gopang, Pilyoung Kim

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Abstract

Adapting to the developing relationship with their infants, parental brain systems coordinate contingent parent-infant behaviors to serve infant needs and create profound and far-reaching effects on infants. Parental brain circuits govern such parent-infant interactions in contexts of mental health as well as excess stress, socioeconomic disadvantage, and psychopathology across generations and cultures. In this review, biobehavioral mechanisms of risk and resilience are reviewed as targets for brain-based therapeutic interventions, and dialog among neurosciences, clinical experience, and the humanities. “Mirroring” implies that the mother is helping to create something within the infant that was only dimly or partially there until her reflection acted somehow to solidify its existence.(Daniel N. Stern, “The Interpersonal World of the Infant” 1985, page 144).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWAIMH Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Subtitle of host publicationBiopsychosocial Factors: Volume One
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages205-226
Number of pages22
Volume1
ISBN (Electronic)9783031486272
ISBN (Print)9783031486265
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2024

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Keywords

  • Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up
  • Infant and parent brain responses
  • Intersubjectivity
  • Meditation
  • Mom Power
  • Neuroimaging
  • Parenting
  • Stress

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