ReviewClinical child and family psychology review2021
Exploring Perinatal Indicators of Infant Social-Emotional Development: A Review of the Replicated Evidence.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Child-Reported Family Violence: A Systematic Review of Available Instruments.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
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- Maternal social support and child developmental outcomes: an analysis of the Born in Bradford cohort.Archives of disease in childhood · 2025Article
- Emotional Brain Development: Neurobiological Indicators from Fetus Through Toddlerhood.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Childcare use and the social-emotional and behavioural outcomes of late-preterm and early-term born children at age 5: An analysis of the All Our Families longitudinal cohort.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Article
- Maternal perinatal social support and infant social-emotional problems and competencies: a longitudinal cross-cohort replication study.Archives of women's mental health · 2024Article
- The role of emotional regulation on early child school adjustment outcomes.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2024Article
- Infant and preschool attachment, continuity and relationship to caregiving sensitivity: findings from a new population-based Australian cohort.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2024Article
- Multifaceted determinants of social-emotional problems in preschool children in Sweden: An ecological systems theory approach.SSM - population health · 2023Article
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- Validity of social-emotional screening tool for newborns and infants: The effects of gender, ethnicity and age.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The role of social adversity on emotional dysregulation during infancy and early childhood.Journal of pediatric nursingArticle
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Abstract
The importance of infant social-emotional development for outcomes across the lifecourse has been amply demonstrated. Despite this, most screening measures of social-emotional development are designed for children 18 months of age and over, with a clear gap in earlier infancy. No systematic review has yet harvested the evidence for candidate indicators in the perinatal window. This paper examines modifiable risk and protective factors for two seminal early markers of social-emotional development: attachment security and behavioral regulation mid-infancy. We searched meta-analytic and longitudinal studies of developmental relationships between modifiable exposures in the perinatal window (pregnancy to 10 months postpartum) and attachment and behavioral regulation status measured between 12 and 18 months. Six electronic databases were used: ERIC, PsycINFO, Medline Complete, Informit, Embase, and Scopus. Twelve meta-analytic reviews and 38 original studies found replicated evidence for 12 indicators across infant, caregiving, and contextual domains predictive of infant behavioral regulation and attachment status between 12 and 18 months. Key among these were caregiving responsiveness, maternal mental health, couple relationship, and SES as a contextual factor. Perinatal factors most proximal to the infant had the strongest associations with social-emotional status. Beyond very low birthweight and medical risk, evidence for infant-specific factors was weaker. Risk and protective relationships were related but not always inverse. Findings from this review have the potential to inform the development of reliable tools for early screening of infant social-emotional development for application in primary care and population health contexts.
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