Publications by authors named "F Suardi"
Background: Several studies have shown associations between maternal interpersonal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), child mental health problems, and impaired socioemotional development. However, the existing literature lacks evidence linking constellations of risk factors such as maternal interpersonal-violence-related PTSD, psychopathology, and interactive behavior with toddlers and outcome measures at school-age.
Methods: This study involved a prospective, longitudinal investigation of 62 mothers and examined the relationship between maternal variables measured when children were in early childhood (mean age 27 months), and child outcomes when children were school-age (age mean = 83.
Background: Birth-related post-traumatic stress disorder occurs in 4.7% of mothers. No previous study focusing precisely on the stress factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic regarding this important public mental health issue has been conducted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParental Reflective Functioning is a parent's capacity to infer mental states in herself and her child. Parental Reflective Functioning is linked to the quality of parent-child attachment and promotes parent-child mutual emotion regulation. We examined neural correlates of parental reflective functioning and their relationship to physical abuse.
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- The study explored how maternal mentalization and behavior affect child symptoms in families with mothers who have posttraumatic stress disorder from interpersonal violence (IPV-PTSD).
- The sample included 56 mothers and their children, focusing on various measurements like mentalization, interactive behavior, and child emotional assessments.
- Findings indicated that improved maternal mentalization and lower PTSD levels were linked to better maternal sensitivity, while poor mentalization and controlling behaviors led to child dysregulation, suggesting the need for targeted interventions.
Objectives: This study aimed to understand if maternal interpersonal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (IPV-PTSD) is associated with delayed language development among very young children ("toddlers").
Methods: Data were collected from 61 mothers and toddlers (ages 12-42 months, mean age = 25.6 months SD = 8.