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ArticleChild development2026

Everyday maternal sensitivity to distress is dynamic and systematically varies across contexts.

Kaya de Barbaro, Anna Madden-Rusnak

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Kaya de BarbaroDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Anna Madden-RusnakDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.

Funding

Automated Assessment of Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Distress: Leveraging Wearable Sensors for Substance Use Disorder Prevention and ResearchR01DA059423 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI Kaya de Barbaro · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
High-density markers of mother-infant bio-behavioral activity "in the wild": Developing a mobile-sensing paradigm to examine transmission of mental health risksK01MH111957 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI DE BARBARO, KAYA · 2017 to 2021
$473k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA059423NIDA NIH HHS R01DA059423NIMH NIH HHS 1K01MH111957NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH111957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examine caregiver sensitivity to infant distress across the day in home environments. Families with infants (N = 38, Mage = 4.5 months, SD = 2.3 months, 58% White non-Hispanic, 53% girls) shared full-day infant-worn audio recordings (M = 22.98 hr, SD = 4.06 hr). For each episode of distress, we annotated caregiver sensitivity and episode context. Infants experienced wide variability in sensitivity to distress across the day (77% of variance within-person). Media use predicted lower sensitivity between mothers (β = -0.46), and emotionally intense interactions predicted lower sensitivity both within (β = -0.11) and between mothers (β = -0.23). Overall, at home, responses to infant distress were heterogeneous, and everyday contexts predicted the quality of caregiving infants received.

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Infant BehaviorMaternal BehaviorMother-Child RelationsPsychological DistressAdultFemaleHumansInfantMaleecologically valid paradigmmaternal sensitivitywithin-person variability

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PMID41718708
PMCPMC13046073

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