Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care
Early Resilience in the Context of Parent–Infant Relationships: A Social Developmental Perspective
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Individual Differences in Mutual Regulation
The presence of infant, parental, and familial risk factors (eg, infants' difficult temperament or premature birth, maternal depression, paternal alcohol abuse, poor social support, family violence, or inadequate finances) as well as parents' culturally specific beliefs and values regarding care-giving may differentially influence the level of parents' sensitive responsiveness to their infant's cues.7 These multilevel variations, in turn, affect the children's ability to regulate states and
Implications for Health Care Professionals
This literature has clinical significance for pediatricians and other health care professionals serving families with infants and young children. First, practitioners should be aware that infants' self-regulatory capacities provide the basis for the development of resilience, and that these capacities organize within the context of parent–infant relationships. Second, periods of mis-coordination in the parent–infant relationship occur frequently, are normative, and likely reflect the role of
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